What’s at stake in the extradition of Julian Assange?

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🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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After the UK home secretary decided to extradite Julian Assange to face trial and a possible life sentence in the US, Ben Quinn reports on what the ruling means for the WikiLeaks founder – and for press freedom. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:10.3	Today, why the US government is hell-bent on prosecuting Julian Assange?
0:16.0	And why his supporters think doing so is an attack on your right to know the truth.
0:20.9	We love you!
0:28.9	Hi, my name is Sammy Kim. I work for The Guardian podcast. Today I'm focused.
0:34.9	You're saying you love Assange. Can you just tell me about that?
0:38.9	Of course we love a Julian Assange.
0:42.9	Why do you love Julian Assange?
0:44.9	Julian Assange represents the freedom of the place.
0:48.9	Bravo, Bravo, Bravo, my darling!
0:52.9	Few public figures are harder to categorize than the wiki leaks founder Julian Assange.
0:58.9	To his fans, he's a fearless truth teller.
1:06.9	To governments, he's a dangerous fanatic.
1:08.9	Lots of others just think he's a slightly strange guy.
1:12.9	Part of a saga that's getting hard to follow.
1:16.9	No, extra edition!
1:18.9	But almost everyone will have read journalism based on the leaks he's published,
1:24.9	covering the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
1:26.9	Decades of top secret US diplomatic cables, the CIA's hacking tools,
1:32.9	right up to the emails of the Democratic National Committee.
1:36.9	It's wonderful to see people rallying around in defence of Julian Assange.
1:40.9	Myself I've been in the streets literally 10 years since 2012.
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