Australian activist Julian Assange founded WikiLeaks in 2006 to publish news leaks and classified information provided by anonymous sources.
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain January 13, 2020.LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange came one step closer to freedom this week after a British judge Over the years, Assange has won a smattering of journalism awards including The Economist's New Media Award in 2008 and the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism in 2011. Throughout the trial, Assange has maintained that he is little more than a journalist and a publisher.It started in 2012 when he holed himself up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London after he lost a U.K. Supreme Court appeal of his extradition to Sweden, where authorities wanted to question him about rape allegations.
"The law says 'the defendant need not be granted bail if the court is satisfied that there are substantial grounds for believing that the defendant … would fail to surrender to custody,'" Rozenberg pointed out.Stella Morris, Assange's fiancée, urged President Donald Trump to "end this now" and pardon Assange.
Baraitser dismissed almost every other argument that Assange's defense team put forward, raising concern among free press advocates in the process.
He's like another shrimp on the barby.
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And whose fault is this? Maybe we shouldn’t attack journalists.
You do have a point!
uhh he didnt do it himself you know seems like youre missing something
Is this a message?...that someone is going after him bc of the Lin woods tweet involving Seth rich?
Toss him a rope
It is what it is. His conduct helped influence the 2016 results. I am fresh out of empathy.
I didn't know you could commit suicide by polonium poisoning.
Are you sending him a message to kill himself?
He is a political prisoner of the Evil Empire.
If anyone was in solitary for 23 hours a day they would.
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