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293. Julian Assange: Free Speech Martyr? Featuring Stella Assange

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Introduction

Julian Paul Assange is an Australian editor, publisher and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He currently faces the possibility of extradition to the US and possible prosecution there on some 18 essentially espionage related charges. In May 2019, Assange was brought up on 17 new charges relating to the US Espionage Act of 1917; they carry with them a maximum sentence of 170 years.

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