Assange to go!
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That's the point. An infringement on his free speech would violate his Human Rights, making extradition impossible, and since the US asserted that only citizens have a first amendment right that would be a serious issue.
The question is for the UK courts, and they do.
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I'm glad he is free. He uncovered a lot of messed up stuff, but took it way too far with all the unredacted material. I believe he has served his time and should be allowed to get on with his life.
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Yup
He's probably going to find it a bit difficult to travel to much of the English speaking world and possibly Europe, he can't go to the US in the future because he's a criminal there, he shouldn't be allowed back in the UK ever because he's a criminal who showed utter contempt for our legal system, he might be unwelcome in Sweden because he ran from a police investigation there (and I'm not sure of the entry requirements into the EU for people with multiple serious convictions in different countries).
I'm not even sure if he'd be able to visit New Zealand now.
the really stupid thing is, he could have probably avoided most of the time he's spent with his movement restricted by simply staying in Sweden when the original investigation into his bedroom habits started, he fled to the UK which is notorious for how easy it is to get extradited to the US, then hid in an embassy for years until he wore out his welcome there ensuring that when he got kicked out the UK courts had absolutely no option but detain him until his extradition case was finished (you don't let someone who absconded for years back out on bail).
So he's pled guilty and is going home.
What a massive, if not the largest ever, waste of time and money.
He was given a choice of pleading guilty and walking free, or maintaining his innocence and staying in prison for who knows how many more years. Sounds like a false confession under coercion to me rather than an admission of guilt.
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Don't let anyone convince you that Assangee was indicted for merely 'exposing the government.' He was indicted for criminal activity.
Mike Pence is not happy with the plea deal.
Conspiracy theorists are still trying to understand why their predictions have failed yet again. This isn't how it was supposed to go. Assange was supposed to be extradited to the US by the 'white hats' so he could expose the Deep State in front of a judge.
Now Biden has let him walk, they're spiralling in a whirlpool of cope.
You're adorable.
Mike Pence is not happy with the plea deal.
Conspiracy theorists are still trying to understand why their predictions have failed yet again. This isn't how it was supposed to go. Assange was supposed to be extradited to the US by the 'white hats' so he could expose the Deep State in front of a judge.
Now Biden has let him walk, they're spiralling in a whirlpool of cope.
You're adorable.
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I thought it was because he didn't want to enter the US mainland? Who cares? It's only money from his backers: waste away, I say.
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I think he should be shot, but that's just me, I suppose.
No, that's the choice that every accused faces. Plead guilty, get a reduced sentence. Which, I might add, I think is very wrong for the very reason you state. But, that's the way it is for everyone.
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Apparently he now wants a pardon…
A million lives killed in Iraq.
www.aljazeera.com
Without Assange abuses would have been covered up.
The Abu Ghraib abuse scandal 20 years on: What redress for victims?
Two decades since images of Iraqi men being abused by US soldiers shocked the world, victims still seeking justice.
Without Assange abuses would have been covered up.
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No.
www.iraqbodycount.org
The Abu Ghraib abuse scandal 20 years on: What redress for victims?
Two decades since images of Iraqi men being abused by US soldiers shocked the world, victims still seeking justice.
Without Assange abuses would have been covered up.
Also no. It was CBS that broke the Abu Ghraib story. Wikileaks didn't even exist until 2006, 2 years after CBS exposed Abu Ghraib.
The Wikileaks dumps of 2010 provided confirmation and details of further violations—including included the torture and abuse of Iraqis by Iraqi soldiers—but there was not much that the mainstream media hadn't already reported on.