Assange trial will also test ‘fundamental tenets’ of media freedoms
(left-to-right) Wikileaks editor in chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, Stella Assange, the wife of Julian Assange, Deborah Bonetti and Rebecca Vincent, director of campaigns at Reporters Without Borders, and speaking at a media briefing in central London, ahead of Julian Assange's extradition appeal hearing at the High Court on 20 and 21 February, February 15, 2024
THE “fundamental tenets” of media freedom in Britain and the United States will be on trial when Wikileaks founder and investigative journalist Julian Assange appears in court next week.
Mr Assange, who exposed US war crimes in Iraq and thousands of other military secrets, faces extradition and a potential 175-year prison sentence if the hearing on Tuesday and Wednesday decides against him.
Hundreds of supporters are expected outside the High Court in London during the final trial.
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