Timeline of Julian Assange's 14-year-long saga to dodge extradition

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Published 2024-06-29
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to an espionage charge in a deal hashed out with federal prosecutors, ending his 14-year-long fight to avoid extradition to the United States to face prosecution.

Here's a timeline of events marking Assange's long legal saga.

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All Comments (21)
  • @alooga555
    Let Assange resume WikiLeaks activities.
  • @sg-go5li
    Assange. Truth. Courage. Hero. F*ck WAR
  • @VeroT19
    He didn't deserve the terrible punishment he got. All those years running, hiding and locked. I know he didn't always act "correctly" while in my country's embassy. I dont blame him. The stress must have been unbearable. I hope he finds peace and happiness in his life and with his family. To me, he did a great service by exposing the truth. God bless him.
  • @fg3568
    Change is coming, change is coming!!
  • Salute to all Journalists Globally against corruption and Arms Deal to save Humanity against War🤞💯❤🌎🇵🇰😎
  • Sadly they think this is a newspaper. I watch and listen I do not read. Use a voice !
  • Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
  • God bless and protect Julian Assange from further evil governments actions toward him. 🙏
  • @soulomine
    Live and let live. I hope he is safe and happy.
  • Kunstler vs Central Intelligence Agency, Mike Pompeo, David Morales, Undercover Global.
  • @dlawlis
    What about the 14 year long saga to persecute him for exposing war crimes?
  • Finally free! Enjoy your freedom, sir! Dodge extradition? Yeah ok..call it what you will ABC, Mr. Assange did what most of us call real journalism. Give it try!
  • The term, "Messiah Complex" does not seem to be addressed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) as is not considered to be a clinical term nor diagnosable disorder, however it is a recognisable trait or characteristic displayed by many, and it can be presumed to represent a general state of mind. What is observable is that "Messiah Complex'' does not need to be considered as requiring some religious (religious concept) basis to manifest. It can just as easily develop as a result of a person's strong philosophical or idealist belief(s) at some stage during his (or her) life. A former associate of mine, Anton Saw Dika (RIP) had spent some time in Thailand around two decades back and associated with many Thais so that he could further research just what brings about or brings on another condition, referred to as "White Knight Syndrome". He often pondered as to just why (mainly Europan) grown men would travel to Thailand (not just for the purpose of cheap sexual encounters) and who would later form a solid belief that it was their "duty" or "life destiny" to save the Thai people from themselves. He later reckoned that those who have displayed very strong and often foolish (or even damaging) idealistic based "Messiah Complex" symptoms might best be offered an opportunity to experience a "dose" of reactions or statements from those that he (or she) sought to "save" by allowing those parties to later express what the really feel about about the person going out of his (or her) way to "save" them. For example, a handful of media types or anti-American malcontents who (indirectly) fully support particular initial actions by individuals such as Assange (considered treacherous by some) but where later, when their particular objectives have been met, will (seemingly and probably on behalf of those the individual had been attempting to "save") insult him and more or less describe him as "stupid", "deluded" or a waste of "space". Another fine example of the human condition and the human element, and where various "wants" by the many which are asserted as "life requirements", to later be idealistically and often fraudulently put as being their "needs". Perhaps certain quieter and unidentified groups (on humanitarian grounds) have been trying to save Julian Assange from himself all of these years. Y'all try to enjoy the rest of your day.