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Julian Assange’s predicament: protecting freedom of the press

23 February 2024

2:46 PM

23 February 2024

2:46 PM

The High Court of England is presently considering whether Julian Assange can be granted leave to appeal against an extradition decision made in 2022 by the then UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel. Assange has been in the high-security Belmarsh Prison since 2019. He had previously spent seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London while trying to seek asylum in the South American country.

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