Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
by mcv on Friday December 10, 2021 @08:12AM
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> just to be clear, the perpetrators of those barbarous war crimes, and their superiors, never had to face justice.
This is the big one. I can totally see how Assange handled some of the data irresponsibly, and I can understand if he deserves a firm slap on the wrist for that. But they're asking for 175 years for this, while the war crimes he reported on go unpunished, and that is the real injustice here.
The US clearly doesn't care about war crimes anymore, but it does not tolerate criticism of crimes committed in service of the government.
This is the big one. I can totally see how Assange handled some of the data irresponsibly, and I can understand if he deserves a firm slap on the wrist for that. But they're asking for 175 years for this, while the war crimes he reported on go unpunished, and that is the real injustice here.
The US clearly doesn't care about war crimes anymore, but it does not tolerate criticism of crimes committed in service of the government.