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WikiLeaks' Assange's 14-year saga ends with US plea deal

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Alyona Murashova
June 26, 2024

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has pled guilty to a single espionage charge in a US courthouse on the island of Saipan. The former arrest warrant issued by US for the WikiLeaks' founder has raised divisive questions about national security and press freedom.

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