by Arjun Walia, The Pulse:

The UK High Court will decide on whether to extradite Julian Assange to the United States, the country that tried to assassinate him.

“We should have been reading condemnations of Julian Assange’s persecution—for the crime of breaking news—on the front page of the New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, The Washington Post every single day until he was released from a dungeon. It should never have come to this.”

– NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden

This week, the UK High Court will decide on whether to extradite Julian Assange to the United States, the country that tried to assassinate him.