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In this case, it's all we can hope for.
"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange
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Sweden drops the rape investigation involving Assange.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-20/ ... n/11719744
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Can’t put it much better than this:

https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/now- ... 95d3bd3a6c
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^Powerfully put.
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The post below presents an alternative view on Assange's interventions.

I have mixed feelings about Assange, seeing him both as an extreme narcissist and a victim of the state all at once. Given I rate mundane efforts to enhance democracy and mainstream institutional whistle blowing well above fringe martyrdom-seeking, I'm not generally inclined to his work. Nonetheless, actions such as the Swedish case seem to have been a state conspiracy against him and ought to be prosecuted as such.

https://medium.com/theintercept/we-knew ... a2837aa0e6
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"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange
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Is Canberra changing its tune on Julian Assange?

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/pr ... e/11758090
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"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange
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shame there is no subtitles, is there a transcript anywhere do you know?
id be interested to read that
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Extradition decision to be handed down around 9pm tonight. Will be somewhat anticlimactic as there will be an appeal regardless, but I’ll still fall off my chair if the judge, Vanessa Baraitser, who has been astoundingly one-sided throughout, doesn’t decide in favour of extradition. If she does, I hope she can manage to find a way to sleep well at night for the rest of her life.
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David wrote:Extradition decision to be handed down around 9pm tonight. Will be somewhat anticlimactic as there will be an appeal regardless, but I’ll still fall off my chair if the judge, Vanessa Baraitser, who has been astoundingly one-sided throughout, doesn’t decide in favour of extradition. If she does, I hope she can manage to find a way to sleep well at night for the rest of her life.
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You never know, Trump might pardon him just to piss people off.
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"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange
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"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange
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