Assange uses balcony speech to call for end of US 'witchhunt'

Standing on a first-floor balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said the United States must "renounce its witchhunt against WikiLeaks."

"The United States must dissolve its FBI investigation, the United States must vow that it will not seek to prosecute our staff or our supporters. The United States must pledge before the world that it will not pursue journalists for shining a light upon the secret crimes of the powerful."

By: Kim Zetter, Edited by: Ian Steadman

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via Wired.co.uk



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