Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extradition
Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extradition
The Wikileaks founder is trying to overturn an extradition order signed in 2022 by then UK home secretary Priti Patel.
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Whatever you think of Assange, you should know why the US government wants to prosecute him. He published this among other things:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8xhH0FkCQg
Context: that's a US gunship firing on Reuters journalists among other civilians including kids.
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Isn’t it bonkers that they want to put him in jail for publishing a thing that is today hosted freely on YouTube?
What if I told you that's not why at all.
I know, it’s about the conspiracy charge, it was a poorly worded musing.
It's definitely "why" they want to put him in jail regardless of what anti-journalism charges they hit him with.