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    Assange’s wife pays tribute to John Pilger as ‘consistent ally of dispossessed’

    by Charlotte McLaughlin Dec 31, 2023 2 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    The wife of Julian Assange has paid tribute to campaigning journalist John Pilger as a “consistent ally of the dispossessed”.

    Stella Assange, whom the WikiLeaks founder married while in prison, was among those who called the ITV documentary maker “one of the great” journalists.

    Pilger had pushed for the release of Assange, who has been in the high-security in since he was removed from the Ecuadorian embassy,

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