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Active enforcement against non-approved speech is underway in the U.K., as shown by the detentions of journalists at immigration checkpoints and, most strongly of all, by Julian Assange’s continued and appalling incarceration.
The defence counsel has reasonably criticized the decision to impose a prison sentence, writes Alexander Mercouris.