Julian Assange formally admits spying charge as part of a plea deal with US authorities
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Published 2024-06-26
His court appearance took place on the US territory of Saipan. He left the UK on Monday after being released on bail from Belmarsh high security jail.
Addressing the court, Assange said that he broke US law by encouraging classified leaks, but said he believed the Espionage Act violates free speech.
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All Comments (21)
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He was basically told, "Let us save some face or rot and die in that hell hole."
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Have the US authorities admitted any spying charges?
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forced him to accept spy Lol Democracy
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He had a gun to his head. He had to admit to something he didn't do.
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They guy got punished for telling the truth disgraceful should never have been locked up
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This is hardly a gotcha moment sky news, given the choice of rotting in a super max in the US or worse, he chose to be free. Anyone would have taken that deal and innocent people do this regularly in a lot of court systems.
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Dude im so glad he is out of there. He is a strong one, same with his wife. Stuck by him the entire time. He looks good too 😊
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Assange is a hero. An award winning journalist. A truth teller. A absolute legend and champion of press freedom and freedom of speech who exposed the criminality and atrocities committed by the US NATO Empire during their illegal invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan that left nearly a million dead. He took on the criminal oligarchs of the US military industrial complex and the British establishment that were determined to kill him and he survived their slow crucifixion. I hope he and his family live in peace and let this be a stark warning for the rest of us in the collective west that if the American CIA had got their way then anyone speaking out against the transnational security elite would've been locked up in the Guantanamo of Britain under their fascistic rule.
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I did 13 months in prison. I cant even bare to imagine 14 years!!
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What charge was Assange held in a British Jail for so many years on???????
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Showing Evils is not Spying
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Years in solitary confinement I’d even say men can be women to get out
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Long live Assange
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Assange 👍 America 👎
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Only been done so Starmer has clean slate... because Starmer put him there when DPP
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Hope they don't stitch him up It was reported he has served his time
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I wish, APEMAN on horror story. a group of people, who are trying to unravel a murder mystery? (who is southern france by apelike creature go to birmingham?) [Who is apeman and the apelike creature by human in the south of france?] (who's a killer apeman? And worse, the murder mystery by apeman on southern france) [The good people and the good humans] {who is killer apeman named lincoln?}
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1984. They always confess.
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ASTONISHING THIS TV CHANNEL TALK ABOUT ASSANGE.
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Shameless world has no remorse! War criminals and war media 😂
