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LONDON (Reuters) Jemima Khan, a celebrity backer of Julian Assange who put up bail money for him, has gone public with her frustrations about the WikiLeaks founder, saying he demands cultish devotion and should cheap Canada Goose face justice in Sweden.

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Assange was arrested in Britain in December 2010 on an extradition warrant from Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over allegations of rape and canada goose uk black friday sexual abuse made by two women.

After losing a protracted legal battle to canada goose uk shop avoid extradition, which buy canada goose jacket went all the way to Britain Supreme Court, Assange jumped Canada Goose Coats On Sale bail and sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London last June. He has been inside the building ever canada goose coats on sale since.

Khan, who first rose to prominence as an heiress but is now a campaigner and an associate editor of The New Statesman, described in her article how she had gone from to demoralization on the subject of WikiLeaks.

problem is that Canada Goose Jackets WikiLeaks whose mission statement was produce. a canada goose clearance sale more just society. based upon truth has been guilty of the same obfuscation and misinformation as those it canadian goose jacket sought to expose, while its supporters are expected to follow, unquestioningly, in Canada Goose Outlet blinkered, cultish devotion, canada goose clearance she wrote.

Khan was executive producer of a documentary film about WikiLeaks entitled Steal Secrets which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States.

Khan said the film, directed by Oscar winning documentary maker Alex Gibney, sought canada goose uk outlet to present a balanced view of the WikiLeaks story but Assange had canada goose black friday sale denounced it before seeing it.

I told Assange I was part of the We Steal Secrets team, I uk canada goose suggested that he view it not in terms of being pro or anti him, but rather as a film that would be fair and canada goose factory sale would represent the truth, she wrote.

replied: it a fair film, it will be pro Julian Assange.

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HAVE RIGHTS TOO She wrote that canada goose she was among those who had found cheap canada goose uk the timing of the sexual abuse allegations against Assange suspicious, as they came at the height of the furor over the revelations on WikiLeaks, but had come to the conclusion that the allegations had to be dealt with through Swedish due process.

women in question have human rights, too, and need resolution. court does not trump their right to be heard in a Swedish court, she wrote, referring to Assange fears that Sweden could be a first stop on the way to an espionage trial in the United States.

don regret putting up bail money for Assange but I did it so that he would be released while awaiting trial, not so that he could avoid answering to the allegations, buy canada goose jacket cheap Khan wrote.

Khan has not disclosed how much money she put up and https://www.canadagoosejacketsalesca.co.uk whether she has had to surrender Canada Goose online it since Assange skipped canada goose coats bail.

Khan wrote that it was hardly surprising that a man who had spent his life to this type of work, wedded to a laptop, undercover, always canada goose store on the move would have an unusual personality.

have seen flashes of Assange charm, brilliance and insightfulness but I have also seen how instantaneous rock star status has the power to make even the most clear headed idealist feel that they are above the law and exempt from criticism.