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Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour leader, called Assange’s imprisonment “a grotesque miscarriage of justice” and said: “Never stop fighting for the truth. Never lose hope. Never, ever give up.”
But on the Right, Mike Pence, the former US Republican vice-president, said Assange’s release “dishonours the service and sacrifice” of military personnel.
James Paterson, the Australian shadow home affairs minister, said that “Julian Assange is no hero” but added that “it is a welcome thing that this has finally come to an end”.
“It is a credit to the United States that they are showing such leniency towards someone accused of such a serious crime.”
