WikiLeaks founder Assange indicted under US Espionage Act, faces up to 170 years in prison

By : South China Morning Post

Published On: 2019-05-24

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Julian Assange the founder of WikiLeaks was indicted by the US on 17 new counts of violating the Espionage Act on May 23, 2019. Prosecutors said Assange worked with former US soldier Chelsea Manning to obtain and publish classified national defence files in 2010. After spending seven years inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Assange is now in a London jail serving time for jumping bail in an earlier case. The US government must deliver an extradition request to Britain before a June 11…

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