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Britain / 2 July 2021
Assange picnic planned to mark 50th birthday
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
by Alan Jones
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SUPPORTERS of Julian Assange will hold a picnic opposite Parliament today to mark the WikiLeaks founder’s 50th birthday.

There will be giant picnic blankets in Parliament Square stencilled with a Free Assange slogan, and the Australian’s partner Stella Moris will cut a birthday cake.

It will be the third birthday he has spent in London’s high-security Belmarsh prison.

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