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Readers' Blog: Call for Julian Assange's release following London arrest

We condemn the arrest in London this week of the WikiLeaks founder and whistleblower Julian Assange and call for his release.

Readers' Blog: Call for Julian Assange's release following London arrest

Fri, 12 Apr, 2019 - 23:25

We condemn the arrest in London this week of the WikiLeaks founder and whistleblower Julian Assange and call for his release.

Julian Assange has been effectively incarcerated in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012. The UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner noted in 2016, that his “Arbitrary Detention should be brought to an end”. He is a multi-award winning investigative journalist who has, since 2010, been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Courts Your View Julian Assange Place: London Place: US Place: Iraq Place: Afghanistan Place: PO Box 9260, Dublin 1 Person: Julian Assange Person: High Commissioner Person: Chelsea Manning Person: Jim Roche Organisation: WikiLeaks Organisation: UN human rights office Organisation: US military Organisation: Irish Government Organisation: Irish Anti-War Movement

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