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‘All of us are in danger’: John Pilger delivers a chilling warning from Julian Assange
Journalist John Pilger has delivered a stark warning from WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, who said that his persecution is intended to kill dissent.
“Speak up now,” Pilger said, or face “the silence of a new kind of tyranny.”
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Assange is currently serving a 50 week sentence in Belmarsh Prison for skipping a bail hearing in 2012.
US authorities are seeking his extradition for his role in publishing classified documents, accusing him of espionage.Speaking at a rally outside the Home Office in London on Monday, Pilger passed on a message from the WikiLeaks editor who, if extradited and convicted, could be sentenced to 175 years in prison.
‘ It’s not just me. It’s much wider. It’s all of…