Assange Says U.S. Must End Its ‘War on Whistleblowers’

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said the U.S. must pledge not to prosecute the staff and supporters of his organization.

“The U.S. administration’s war on whistleblowers must end,” Assange said today in a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he has taken asylum to avoid deportation to Sweden.

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