Assange, founder of Wikileaks, was charged with new charges in the USA: he faces up to 180 years in prison - ForumDaily
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The founder of Wikileaks Assange brought new charges in the US: he faces up to 180 years in prison

The US Department of Justice has brought new charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, now on 17 counts. These include the publication of secret documents, which, according to the defendant, is protected by an amendment to the US Constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech.

The founder of Wikileaks is also accused of illegally receiving and publishing information, the publication of which threatens the security of the United States, writes with the BBC.

Such information, in particular, includes the names of US agents operating in Iran, China and Syria, which could be published by Wikileaks.

Previously, Assange was charged with only one charge by the American authorities - conspiring with former intelligence analyst Bradley Manning (now Chelsea Manning) to hack the Pentagon computer network and gain access to classified information.

The new charges significantly change the situation around the Assange case, as they provide for much more serious consequences for the accused if they are proved.

According to officials from the Department of Justice, the maximum penalty for each of the charges is 10 years in prison.

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On the other hand, the accusation of the publication of any materials allows the defense of Assange to appeal to the first amendment to the US Constitution and raise the issue of violation of the right to freedom of speech.

Wikileaks calls itself the media. Since 1971, after the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of the federal government against the New York Times newspaper, the media in the United States had the opportunity to freely publish information officially classified as state secret, citing its constitutional right.

Assange charges in the publication of classified materials have not previously been filed. In particular, the lawyers of the administration of Barack Obama considered that it would be impossible to prove to the court how Wikileaks fundamentally differs from traditional media.

20 August 2010 in Sweden Julian Assange was charged with sexual harassment and rape, which he himself considers fabricated.

The case was repeatedly closed and resumed, and Assange himself moved to London, where on December 1, 2010, was arrested on the basis of a warrant issued by the Swedish authorities. Four days later he was released on bail.

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While in the UK on a written undertaking not to leave, awaiting trial, Julian Assange sought asylum from the Ecuadorian government, hiding in the embassy of that country in London.

Within the walls of this embassy, ​​he spent almost seven years. During this time, the Swedish prosecutor's office closed the case against Assange on charges of rape.

But April 11 2019 of the year Ecuadorian authorities deprived Assange asylum. He was arrested by British police and detained on charges of violating the conditions of release on bail, as well as at the request of the American side.

Britain gave the President of Ecuador Lenin Moreno written assurances that Assange will not be extradited to the United States.

At the same time, in Sweden, the investigating authorities reopened the case of rape charges against Julian Assange.

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