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Assange is released – but there is still a danger to press freedom

25 June 2024

9:36 PM

25 June 2024

9:36 PM

James Cleverly may now be a care-and-maintenance Home Secretary, but even so he will be heaving a sigh of relief as he finally tapes up the file on Julian Assange. The Australian journalist and WikiLeaks founder was on the point of being extradited to the US for revealing state secrets obtained from agents in that country.

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