Assange Should Have Never Been Forced to Accept Trumped-Up Charge - CODEPINK
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a "giant of journalistic integrity" who should have never been forced to accept a trumped-up charge under the US Espionage Act in exchange for freedom, co-founder of the peace group CODEPINK Medea Benjamin told Sputnik.