Julian Assange walks the tightrope

On psychological well being grounds, a British court docket declared on 4 January that Australian journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the USA. 

Assange has been in Belmarsh jail since April 2019, after spending nearly seven years as a refugee within the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. He’s accused by the USA of espionage for publishing 1000’s of confidential US army paperwork in 2010 and 2011. Washington has 14 days to enchantment. Whereas they’ve expressed reduction, free speech organisations remorse a ruling that fails to defend public-interest journalism.

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