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Former NSA consultant and data privacy advocate Edward Snowden tweeted on Wednesday that Julian Assange “could be next”, after antivirus mogul John McAfee died by apparent suicide in a Barcelona prison cell following news that he was being extradited to the US on criminal tax evasion charges.
Spanish outlets broke the news of McAfee's death by suicide on Wednesday.

Europe should not extradite those accused of non-violent crimes to a court system so unfair—and prison system so cruel—that native-born defendants would rather die than become subject to it. Julian Assange could be next.

Until the system is reformed, a moratorium should remain. https://t.co/tUociySmVy
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) June 23, 2021

“Europe should not extradite those accused of non-violent crimes to a court system so unfair – and prison system so cruel – that native-born defendants would rather die than become subject to it. Julian Assange could be next,” Snowden tweeted.
“Until the system is reformed, a moratorium should remain,” he added.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested in April 2019 in the United Kingdom, and a UK court temporarily blocked his extradition to the US in January 2021 on 18 charges, most through the Espionage Act, of obtaining and sharing classified information.
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Edward Snowden says Julian Assange ‘could be next’ after John McAfee dies by suicide in jail

Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London in January, 2020. File photo: Reuters

John McAfee dies by suicide in Spanish prison cell

John McAfee appears via videoconference during his extradition hearing on June 15. McAfee died on Wednesday by suicide in a prison near Barcelona. Photo: EPA

FILE PHOTO: John McAfee, co-founder of McAfee Crypto Team and CEO of Luxcore and founder of McAfee Antivirus, speaks during an interview in Havana, Cuba, July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo

Entrance of Brians 2 penitentiary center is seen in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, near Barcelona, northeast Spain, late Wednesday, June 23, 2021. John McAfee, the creator of the McAfee antivirus software, has been found dead in his cell in the jail, a government official has told The Associated Press. Earlier Wednesday, a Spanish court issued a preliminary ruling in favor of his extradition to the U.S. to face tax-related criminal charges. Security personnel at the penitentiary tried to revive McAfee, who was 75, but the jail's medical team finally certified his death, the regional Catalan government said. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)

John McAfee, co-founder of McAfee Crypto Team and CEO of Luxcore and founder of McAfee Antivirus, smokes a cigarette before taking a taxi at the Marina Hemingway in Havana, Cuba, July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

UK judge refuses extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

A protester outside the trial of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Old Bailey in London. Photo: EPA

FILE - In this May 19, 2017 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been in self imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

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Antivirus pioneer John McAfee died by apparent suicide in a Spanish prison cell on Wednesday
Edward Snowden says Europe should not extradite those accused of non-violent crimes



Antivirus pioneer John McAfee died by apparent suicide in a Spanish prison cell on Wednesday.


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Edward Snowden says Julian Assange ‘could be next’ after John McAfee dies by suicide in jail

Antivirus pioneer John McAfee died by apparent suicide in a Spanish prison cell on Wednesday Edward Snowden says Europe should not extradite those accused of non-violent crimes

Antivirus pioneer John McAfee died by apparent suicide in a Spanish prison cell on Wednesday

Edward Snowden says Europe should not extradite those accused of non-violent crimes