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for questions about claims based on Julian Paul Assange, founder of WikiLeaks.

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Did the UK government pay "millions and millions of dollars" to try to snag Julian Assange?

In a Fox News broadcast (timestamp 2:59), Greg Palkot (London-based senior foreign affairs correspondent for Fox News) said of Julian Assange: "He has cost the UK government and security forces, ...
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Did the alleged victim of Julian Assange's Swedish sex crime say that police made it up?

In this interview with John Pilger, Julian Assange says ...here we have case where... the woman herself says the police made it up. ... But what is the rhetoric? The rhetoric is... never mentioned ...
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Has Julian Assange been missing since October 4th, 2016?

FreedomHacker reported on November 29, 2016: Now, Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, who appears to have vanished mid-October, hasn’t been seen alive or heard from since October 4th. Even after ...
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Did Secretary Clinton suggest killing Julian Assange with a drone strike?

“Can’t we just drone this guy?” Clinton openly inquired, offering a simple remedy to silence Assange and smother Wikileaks via a planned military drone strike, according to State Department ...
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Are the UK and Sweden in violation of international law with respect to detaining Julian Assange?

According to https://freeassangenow.org/faq and https://justice4assange.com/: Why do the UK and Sweden disobey international law? There is a conflict between the United Kingdom’s obligations to the ...
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Is Julian Assange "facing charges"?

Wikileaks' twitter account states that Julian Assange doesn't face charges (as well as not being charged with anything) UK Foreign Minister falsely states Julian #Assange faces "charges", despite ...
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Is the Julian Assange sexual assault charge merely alleging condom non-use?

Is Julian Assange being charged with sexual assault merely because he's alleged not to use a condom? I heard the claim on Australian talkback radio station 2UE this afternoon, and the following was ...
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