Julian Is an Example of What Can Happen When You Embarrass the Government

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Julian Assange is a high profile case that it sets the global standard. Government all the world using this case to argue, ah, look what hypocrites these western countries are when it comes to press freedom. It an incredible, incredibly chilling effect. No journalist, no person who gets a leak like the chelsea manning leak to day, is going to risk it. You'd have to be mad. This is the first time they've done it. And you know what? It's not just i see julian's case. This is why i i have a lot of frustration about how it's talked about. Julian's case is a it is an insight into where things

Freddie Sayers meets Stella Moris, lawyer and wife of Julian Assange.

The case of Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder who published huge troves of sensitive government documents and classified military logs, has been going on for over a decade. During that time Assange has been under house arrest, hidden from extradition inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London and since 2019 has been held in Belmarsh prison. During that time, he has married and had two children with a lawyer called Stella Moris. Moris first met Assange as a young lawyer working on his case, but is now a campaigner for his acquittal and an activist for press freedom.

Will Assange be remembered as a pioneer of the free internet or as one of its victims? With his extradition case looming, UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers met Stella Moris to hear her case for her husband, Julian Assange.

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