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Articles on subject:

https://www.wtoc.com/2023/08/01/australias-prime-minister-stands-firm-against-us-julian-assanges-prosecution/

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/aug/01/supporters-in-australian-parliament-urge-us-to-get-julian-assange-out-of-maximum-security-prison

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/key-assange-supporter-says-wikileaks-founder-could-cut-deal-to-secure-freedom-20230725-p5dr7n.html

Vid on subject: Max Blumenthal SLAMS Biden After Admin REJECTS Australia's PLEA To Free Julian Assange https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-QmqXqga3I

"Editor-in-chief at The Grayzone Max Blumenthal dicusses U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken rejecting Australia's plea for the U.S. to stop pursuing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. #julianaasange #Wikileaks "

Edit: Added articles and removed yt link on headline, due to rule 1. :(

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Yup we still the baddies....

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ya know what? Phuk Julian Assange, he's just a Russian apologist

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Freedom of Press goes out the window? He is a journalist, so censoring and getting rid of 1st Amendment is not a good thing. Censorship does not stop at what you don't like, it keeps going until things you are for get censored.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you actually know why Assange is in jail? Because, when he released (aka dumped) the cable info he refused to scrub it of identifying ID's. Other "reputable" organisations (NYT, BBC, DW etc, etc..) did this and were never charged.

People died or were seriously compromised ecause of what Assange deliberately did. Rest assured that if a Russian citizen did this they would have fallen out of a window.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

I see that as an excuse to stop Freedom of the Press.

Below I link a small read on the subject, he does mention the topic you mention, hypocrisy of Julian.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/padraigreidy/wikileaks-assange-leaks-charge

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Original link on post:

Max Blumenthal SLAMS Biden After Admin REJECTS Australia’s PLEA To Free Julian Assange https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-QmqXqga3I

Edit was done on post, "Edit: Added articles and removed yt link on headline, due to rule 1. :("

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

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