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Julian Assange walks free, why now?

ANALYSIS: The saga that never ends suddenly did.

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Latika M Bourke
Jun 25, 2024
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Julian Assange is no martyr, but the Trump administration’s continued pursuit of the WikiLeaks founder ended up making him one — in the eyes of many Australians.

In his home country, Assange had long been a darling of human rights lawyers, hard-left and far-right figures who took up his cause, mostly motivated by an anti-deep-state mentality.

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