Julian Assange’s relatives ask Germany to put pressure

German government must raise concerns about case with President Biden and ask for charges to be droppedsaid Gabriel Shipton, the brother of Mr. Assange, during a press conference in Berlin.

The British government announced on Friday that it had signed the decree for the extradition to the United States of Mr. Assange, who will appeal. The 50-year-old Australian is being prosecuted in the United States, where he faces 175 years in prison for a massive leak of confidential documents.

His family and supporters believe he has always been a journalist and a defender of freedom of the press and expression.

His father and his brother are now asking Germany to rely on its influence within theNATO and defend the cause of their loved one during the G7 region in Bavaria (south) at the end of the month.

I have always considered that doing nothing was a form of approval and complicityclaimed Mr. Assange’s father, John Shipton.

” When you try to talk press freedom to Russia while endorsing the extradition of a journalist and publisher for doing their job, you lose your case. “

Meeting of German parliamentarians

The two members of the family of Julian Assange were to meet Monday and Tuesday with German parliamentarians who are members of a support group for the founder of WikiLeaks.

But the German government spokesman said he saw no possibility for Germany to intervene politically in a legal process in another country.

The legal process is already underway, and I would be a little wary of political interventionexplained Steffen Hebestreit during a press briefing, adding that Berlin would continue to follow the situation closely.

Mr. Assange has been detained for three years in the maximum security prison in Belmarsh, near London.

The WikiLeaks founder had previously spent seven years at the Ecuadorian embassy in the British capital, where he took refuge in 2012.

He had also been the subject of rape charges in Sweden, which have since been dropped.