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Julian Assange’s Release: a victory for press freedom or a perilous precedent?

25 June 2024

7:29 PM

25 June 2024

7:29 PM

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been released after a plea bargain, a development that has sent ripples through global political and journalistic communities. The deal, which commuted his potential 175-year sentence to time served plus a brief period of supervised release, was met with both jubilation and apprehension.

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