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Russian Anti-War Activist Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Internet Posts (www.rferl.org)

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[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Assange wasn't leaking information, he was reporting on information that had already been leaked.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The prosecution provided evidence that WikiLeaks helped Manning crack a password which would involve them in the leak itself. So saying he was just reporting on it is debatable.

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Innocent until proven guilty

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

He was found guilty...