Former Ecuadorean Consul in UK Says Assange´s Extradition Will Set Bad Precedent

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Ecuador’s former consul to the United Kingdom Fidel Narvaez told Sputnik on Sunday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s eventual extradition to the United States would set a precedent against journalism and freedom of the press.

UK district judge Vanessa Baraitser will decide on Monday if Assange can be extradited to the US, where he could face up to 175 years in prison for the publication of classified information on the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and thousands of US diplomatic cables between 2010 and 2011.

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