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‘I chose freedom over justice’, Julian Assange says in first public appearance since release – Newsad

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‘I chose freedom over justice’, Julian Assange says in first public appearance since release – Newsad

WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange gestures as he speaks during a hearing on his detention and conviction, and their effect on human rights before the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, France, October 1, 2024. — Reuters STRASBOURG: Julian Assange, the founder of … Read more

Chose freedom over justice, Assange says in first public appearance since release – Newsad

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Chose freedom over justice, Assange says in first public appearance since release – Newsad

STRASBOURG: Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower media group WikiLeaks, told European lawmakers on Tuesday, that his guilty plea to US espionage accusations was necessary because legal and political efforts to protect his freedom were not sufficient. “I eventually chose freedom over an unrealisable justice,” Assange said, in his first public comments since his release … Read more