Funds sought for Assange, Snowden, Manning statue
An online fundraiser has been launched to build a bronze statue of Julian Assange, Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, a spokesman for the campaign confirmed Friday.
Launched at the start of November by a supporter of Assange, the British journalist Vaughan Smith, the project aims to raise £100,000 (126,000 euros, $157,000) by the start of January. By Friday, it had raised just under £20,000. If the scheme does not reach its target, it will not receive the money.
But even if the project, presented on online fundraising site Kickstarter, does not reach the overall figure, it will not collapse, according to Marco Benagli, a spokesman for the campaign.
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