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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extradition

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Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extradition

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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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The Wikileaks founder is trying to overturn an extradition order signed in 2022 by then UK home secretary Priti Patel.
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  • ralphio@lemmy.world
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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?

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        What if I told you that’s not why at all.

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          I know, it’s about the conspiracy charge, it was a poorly worded musing.

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          It’s definitely “why” they want to put him in jail regardless of what anti-journalism charges they hit him with.

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    The Australian government voted on a motion to bring him home. He is a journalist who did nothing wrong.

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      Espionage is something wrong. Hiding behind a Russian website to make your posts that threaten us national security?

      That definitely a paddlin’. Widdew ol juwian did nuffink eh?

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      He is a journalist who did nothing wrong.

      You mean besides the rape where he hid in Ecuador until the statute of limitations ran out?

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        Every political opponent of America is a rapist and their hard drive is filled with child porn when they get arrested

        There’s a pattern here…

        It must be the pedophilia that makes them expose America

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      not even in the US

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    Honestly, I skimmed this title and thought it said he was found in a ditch. I’m surprised he has lasted this long.

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    To all the clowns here protecting Assange as a “dissident”, I suggest you read up on his conmection to Israel Shamir.

    Assange is a huge asshole who doesn’t give a shit about journalism or exposing wrongdoing.

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      He definitely (cherry) picks on the US of A. Does he have to take on everyone to be a True Scotsman?

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      Fuck you

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      liberal values on full display

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