In April 2019[1], it was shockingly reported that Julian Assange was arrested. After that happened, it is often talked on the Internet and news programs whether he will be extradited to US or not.
UK should not extradite him to US. He had sought asylum at Ecuadorian embassy in London in the first place while there’s always been huge pressure on him. And this case is hugely influential on the future journalism including freedom of press.
Some of the revelations that WikiLeaks did in the past was that the secret US military informations related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the video of “a US Apache helicopter killing at least 12 people – including two Reuters journalists – during an attack in Baghdad in 2007″[2].
What if WikiLeaks didn’t publish those information to the public?
UK should not have arrested him. It increased the risk of extradition immensely. Given the powerfulness of US over the world, any threat has to be minimized and his safety has to be protected.
While catching up with this news, I was wondering if there’s any international law or if we can set up a law in global level which can protect a publisher of information hugely giving contributions to the public. That is because what Julian Assange made public was what people couldn’t know without him. When a person publishes information clearly contributing to the public interests, the person should be protected from threats.
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47891737 Accessed 31 May 2019
[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-10757263 Accessed 1 June 2019
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