Julian Assange may not be allowed to use US First Amendment rights to defend himself if he's extradited to the US to face trial, WikiLeaks says
Julian Assange faces the prospect of being denied press protections under US law if he goes to trial there, WikiLeaks says, citing evidence submitted for his London extradition case.
Mr Hrafnsson revealed the development outside Assange's case management hearing at London's Westminster Magistrates Court on Thursday. Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hold placards as they demonstrate outside the entrance to Westminster Magistrates Court."But then at the same time, they are not granting any foreign journalist the protection of the First Amendment."We are seeing this incremental approach, a darkness flowing over journalism from that country, and it's about time that journalists really united in resisting this.
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