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Information: Set Assange free – but don’t hail him as a martyr

The founder of WikiLeaks is a broken man; it no longer makes sense to prosecute him – and if he is judged according to the US’s espionage act, it could create a worrying precedent for source protection and media freedom. Two appellate judges in the British Supreme Court are currently deliberating on whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the US for prosecution.