Julian Assange: Saint or sinner?
By DW
06 January 2021 |
11:00 am
The court of public opinion remains undecided on Julian Assange. But the fate of the WikiLeaks founder is currently in the hands of a London judge who will decide whether to extradite him to the US.
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