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Protesters disrupt Blinken's live talk by calling for Assange's release

Washington, May 4 (UNI) A conversation between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Washington Post columnist David Ignatius in Washington, D.C was briefly disrupted by protesters calling for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
"Excuse us. We cant use this day without calling for the freedom of Julian Assange," a female activist said upon coming up on the stage where Blinken and Ignatius had just started their talk on the state of press freedom worldwide.
Two activists from the Code Pink activist group held banners urging the release of Assange.
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