NI Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire collects journalism award on behalf of Julian Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been given an award established in honour of an assassinated journalist.

Tue, 16 Apr, 2019 - 17:03

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been given an award established in honour of an assassinated journalist.

Assange, jailed in England last week after being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, was awarded the 2019 GUE/NGL Award for Journalists, Whistleblowers & Defenders of the Right to Information.

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