WikiLeaks co-founder and confirmed lefty hero Julian Assange maintained his innocence over sexual assault charges when he appeared by video-link before members of Cambridge University’s debating society.
Working media were banned from the event, with members of the 200-year-old union being balloted over the decision beforehand and the society’s women’s officer resigning in protest at the decision to proceed.
The Australian was speaking from the Ecuadorean Embassy basement, his home since 2013. Mr. Assange came to public prominence when he launched Wikileaks in 2006, a site which publishes confidential government and corporate documents from anonymous sources.
U.S. authorities want to question him over the release of secret and sensitive military files, which they say has endangered American lives around the world.
According to the Cambridge News, a packed audience heard Mr. Assange give the speech ‘The Challenges to Freedom of Speech in the West’ before he took questions from the floor. For the full article click here
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