Extradition

Julian Assange Charged Under Espionage Act - Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom

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A U.S. grand jury added 17 counts under the Espionage Act to the federal indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, marking the first time in American history that the government used the 1917 anti-spying law to prosecute a publisher for receiving and publishing truthful classified …

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