The WikiLeaks founder has been held in a prison outside London for the last five years and fought extradition to the United States.
  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Good for him - he’s less innocent than folks like Chelsea Manning or Edward Snowden but a heavy prosecution of him would definitely have a chilling effect on whistle-blowers. Did he release things at politically convenient times? Yes. Should that be illegal? Fuck no.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.zip
      6·
      6 months ago

      but a heavy prosecution of him would definitely have a chilling effect on whistle-blowers

      As if the last decade plus of his life were not enough for that. Better than a life sentence, yeah.