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Press Freedom Advocates Celebrate Julian Assange's Release, But Warn of Impact of Plea Deal

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We discuss the plea deal and release of Julian Assange with press freedom advocate Trevor Timm. “Thankfully, Julian Assange is finally going free today, but the press freedom implications remain to be seen,” says Timm, who explains the U.S. espionage case against Assange, which was opened under the Trump administration and continued under Biden. Timm expresses disappointment that Biden chose to continue prosecuting Assange rather than demonstrating his stated support of press freedom. If convicted, Assange could have been sentenced to 175 years in U.S. prison, which Timm calls a “ticking time bomb for press freedom rights.”

Full article on the Democracy Now website at — http://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/25/julian_assange_freed_from_prison_pt2

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