UN rapporteur Melzer said the persecution of Assange had already succeeded in intimidating others who would expose war crimes. The fight for his freedom: "is really to re-establish press freedom, rather than just protecting it."

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UN official Nils Melzer stated that Assange’s persecution was “about intimidating all other journalists and publishers and making sure that no-one does what he has done, because that’s what states are afraid of.”

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