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May 14, 2021

U.K. Court Delivers Prison Sentence to Ex-Diplomat Who Has Reported on Persecution of Julian Assange
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In Britain, journalists and freedom of speech advocates are sounding the
alarm after former Ambassador Craig Murray was sentenced to eight months
in prison over his reporting of a Scottish politician's sexual assault
trial. A Scottish court said Murray provided details on his blog that
could allow people to figure out the identity of witnesses in the sexual
assault trial, despite never identifying the individuals himself.
Murray's defenders say he is being targeted because he is a
whistleblower who has closely covered the case against Wiki Leaks
founder Julian Assange. The court is also preventing Murray from
traveling to Spain to testify in a case involving the CIA spying on
Assange while he lived at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.


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