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No Time Left for President Biden to Pardon Julian Assange

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 19, 2025,
updated Jan 19, 2025

At least they tried:

Pardon Assange: 18 constitutional rights organizations have urged President Biden to pardon Julian Assange before he leaves office.

Pardon Assange: Australian leaders have signed an open letter to outgoing US President Joe Biden, urging him to grant a full and unconditional pardon to Julian Assange

The other day we mentioned the situation of Assange. Was there any time left for a pardon? It seemed unlikely. It was Friday around midday in the United States (last working week of President Biden).

Yesterday Kevin Gosztola explained why the legacy left by Biden is (overall) not good, even if it's less bad than Trump's (when it comes to press protections). See the links below (under "Related".

Mr. Gosztola has covered the Assange and Wikileaks saga very closely since the early days and he rightly won awards for it. With a dictator who works for MElon in charge, things will only worsen some more. What they mean by "free speech" is "Conservative disinformation" and to them, "free press" is what Putin means by that.

Biden's Legacy: The World Is More Unsafe For Journalists

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