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Assange, 52, has been in London's high-security Belmarsh prison since 2019 and is wanted in the United States over the release of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables in 2010.

"Assange is a symbol of free speech which is essential for any genuine democracy," Raggi, who ran Rome's city hall between 2016 and 2021, told Reuters.

"He has been deprived of his own liberty for years, in awful conditions, for doing his job as a journalist," she said.

Other Italian cities have taken similar steps. The northern city of Reggio Emilia granted Assange citizenship last month, while Naples is set to follow shortly.

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[-] SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de 60 points 1 year ago

In the beginning he was a whistle blower. In the end he was a Russian marionette. They used him (like Snowden) to leak US documents. His first interview on cameras was for russia today and given the chance to drop damaging information on the Republican Party, he always choosed to drop the dirt of the democratic party. He got played by the FSB hard and is still in denial about this. He is either a bad faith actor or a useful idiot for russias desinformation campaign.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

He's an information and data terrorist. He has everyone's secrets but only releases the ones that are convenient to him or his handlers. There's nothing noble about him.

[-] statist43@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago

What are you talking. his website released even data of the embassy he was granted asylum for few years. They then kicked him out.

You are talking shit my man.

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