‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges

Original article by Jim Waterson
The Guardian – Page: Online : 29-Nov-22

The media organisations that first helped WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to publish leaked diplomatic cables in 2010 have called on the US to drop its prosecution of him. They contend that the prosecution of Assange is an attack on media freedom, and that "publishing is not a crime". Assange is currently being held in a UK prison, where he is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a ruling in June by then UK home secretary Priti Patel that he be extradited to the US.

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