He is a journalist who worked with whistleblowers. You are describing trumped-up charges. The guilty plea was to avoid being kept in jail for the rest of his life awaiting trial.
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EDIT: Julian Assange was no more persecuted by the West than Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by the "Arab world."
He is a journalist who worked with whistleblowers. You are describing trumped-up charges. The guilty plea was to avoid being kept in jail for the rest of his life awaiting trial.
You can add u/Assas8 to the propaganda accounts here.
EDIT: Julian Assange was no more persecuted by the West than Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by the "Arab world."
Did he release classified documents relating to the national defence, that might be used to injure United States?
Did he rape anyone?
If he did not, then he should not have had any issue facing the Swedish justice system.
You know those were just to get him in jail, right?