Why “Assange” is being discussed
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> Many believed the women who accused Assange of rape also that led to the bogus charges... Citation required to prove the untested charges were bogus. Until then, I believe 8 w…
by IAmBroom · Sep 22, 2026
It turns out though, that this doesn't matter. There's actually a list of people who are known to have been tortured to death in these places on Wikipedia. Still, I think there'…
by impossiblefork · Sep 22, 2026
It feels like there is "backpressure" that has been backed into our current world that makes people like Snowden and Assange an impossibility. The collective control of politics…
by normalaccess · Sep 21, 2026
Just as some Chinese people want Ai Weiwei to rot in prison, some Russians wanted Navalny to rot in prison and some Americans wanted or still want Snowden and Assange to rot in…
by pydry · Sep 21, 2026
Two of my former colleagues (both Reuters journalists) were murdered by U.S. soldiers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=zYTxuW2vmzk Then all the civilians…
by jll29 · Sep 21, 2026
> Assange didn't commit a crime Smearing your own faeces on the wall isnt a crime - but breach of bail is
by blitzar · Sep 21, 2026
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Julian Paul Assange is an Australian editor, programmer, and publisher who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to international attention in 2010 after WikiLeaks published a series of leaks from Chelsea Manning, a United States Army intelligence analyst: footage of a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad showing war crimes committed by the U.S. Army, U.S. military logs from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and U.S. diplomatic cables. Assange has won over two dozen awards for publishing and journalism. Read more on Wikipedia