Is He a Fugitive From the Law?

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He was never charged in sweden. Never. For the nine years that the swedish authorities a were had this preliminary investigation open, he was never charged. What serious investigation refuses to question the supposed suspect for years on end, especially in a sex case? He's trying to chalerse an extradition request from the united states. Ah, he was arrested. He voluntarily went to the police station on the seventh of december, 20 ten. He was put in wandsworth' prison for ten days. Then he was placed under house arrest, under extremely restrict, restrictive conditions. So, how many years entotal now are we talkin of him being a fugitive from the law

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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