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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
MORE than 150 lawyers have written to Boris Johnson accusing authorities of violating the law in the extradition case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
A total of 152 legal experts and 15 lawyers’ associations wrote to the PM on Friday, the day of Mr Assange’s final administrative hearing before Old Bailey hearings scheduled from September 7.
The lawyers called on the government to grant Mr Assange’s “long overdue freedom,” and said authorities have violated “national and international law.”
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