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An image of Julian Assange is projected onto a building in Leake Street in central London, to mark three years since his arrest and detention in Belmarsh prison. Picture date: Sunday April 10, 2022.
THE persecution of Julian Assange is about “sowing fear in the hearts of journalists” and intimidating them into avoiding reporting on war crimes, members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) heard today.
Labour MP Richard Burgon told an online members’ event in the run-up to the NUJ’s annual conference that the purpose of hounding Mr Assange was to make journalists made aware of war crimes think: “Do I want to end up like Julian Assange?” before telling the world.
And Stella Assange said the implications for British journalism if the US succeeds in extraditing her husband are chilling.
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