The prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was “politically motivated” and had a “chilling” effect on the whole media landscape, the parliamentary arm of pan-European rights body the Council of Europe said on October 2. Assange, whose site had published thousands of leaked diplomatic cables, won freedom in June after more than five years behind...

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