London – In another attempt to prevent Julian Assange from being tried and convicted in the United States, defense lawyers for the Wikileaks founder appealed this Friday (1) to the London High Court not to be allowed by the British government to allow his extradition.
The founder of the Wikileaks website is being sued by the US authorities for revealing classified documents related to the US government’s actions in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As the appeal continues, activists, supporters and Assange’s family, including his father and brother and wife Stella, who had traveled to the UK, have increased pressure on Boris Johnson’s government to either release the journalist or have him sent to your country of origin, Australia. .
Against Assange’s extradition, organizations campaign and pressure the UK
On 17 June, the UK National Home Office, led by Priti Patel, WikiLeaks signs founder’s extradition order. Assange faces up to 175 years in prison if prosecuted in the United States.
The journalist’s brother, Gabriel Shipton, confirmed to Reuters that the appeal was filed by the journalist’s legal team, but without detailing the reasoning for the request.
“We ask the Australian government to intervene immediately in the case to end this nightmare,” Shipton told Reuters.
Assange’s brother and father joined protesters on a bus that swept through the streets of central London, warning of the legal stalemate of the Wikileaks founder.
Supporters of Julian Assange’s father and brother joined the London bus tour, noting his continued detention two days before his 5th birthday (fourth at Belmarsh prison in London) (fourth at Belmarsh prison in London) for protecting the public’s right to know. #FreeAssangeNOW pic.twitter.com/BsoM30CdOL
— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) 1 July 2022
Supporters of WikiLeaks founder since UK decision Ask Australia to keep a close eye on the case to help the citizen of the country.
There is an option for Assange to serve his sentence in Australia instead of going to the US, as suggested by the US government itself in the guarantees for the journalist’s extradition by the UK. Or let the charges against him be dropped and he go back to his hometown.
But without the intervention of the Australian government, activists do not believe this will happen.
Press freedom advocates, including the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and PEN America, have called for Assange’s release on social media to help put pressure on the British and American governments.
IJF launched the #FreeAssangeNOW campaign demanding that the US government drop all charges against it. Punishing Assange for exposing war crimes is a threat to journalists around the world.”
????Nous lançons aujourd’hui la campagne #FreeAssangeNOW pour exiger du gouvernement american, l’abandon de toutes les fares contre #Julian Assange
Punishing Assange for fleeing is a threat to all journalists du mondehttps://t.co/HAtGU72d2i pic.twitter.com/w78YI2oCCC– IFJ (@IFJGlobal) 29 June 2022
Daniel Ellsberg, who published the documents of the case known as the Pentagon Papers in the 1970s, said in a statement shared by a Twitter profile supporting Assange that extradition of the WikiLeaks founder “means that no journalist in the world is safe from life imprisonment”. United States of America.”
Daniel Ellsberg, of Pentagon Papers Whistleblower, said, “No journalist in the world can escape a life sentence in the United States if Assange is extradited.” #FreeAssangeNOW @DanielEllsberg pic.twitter.com/CBp1BQfVIN
— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) 30 June 2022
Assange’s birthday sparks extradition events and protests
Julian Assange will turn 51 on Sunday, July 3.
More than 30 demonstrations are planned in different cities to support journalists: Paris (France), London (UK), Sydney (Australia), Toronto (Canada), Berlin (Germany), Auckland (New Zealand) and Milan (Italy) day some of those that will take action in it.
Reminder: At least 32 cities will hold birthday rallies for imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange this Sunday, July 3, as he has been incarcerated to protect the public’s right to information this Sunday, July 3 – full details can be found at: @Candles4Assange #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/9np5rcYn2t pic.twitter.com/XqHTqtOB74
— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) 1 July 2022
Last year, when he turned 50, protests took place around the world for Assange’s release.
For the occasion, the organizers brought a birthday cake and stylist Vivienne Westwood rubbed the pieces on her face in protest of what she calls a “sick world.”
Stella Morris was there with Julian Assange with her two children, who took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy.
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Julian Assange turns 50; Protests around the world call for release
Remember the Assange case
Julian Assange was arrested in London in 2019 after spending more than six years in the Ecuadorian embassy as a way to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces a sexual assault case, and subsequently to the United States for crimes against national security.
The WikiLeaks founder is responding to 18 lawsuits filed by the US government alleging a conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national defense information after hundreds of thousands of leaked documents related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were posted on the site. He could get 175 years in prison.
With the arrest of England, the pressure of the USA for extradition began. Legal battles consisted of several parts.
Assange’s defense sought to convince the British Supreme Court that he was not at risk of suicide and could not be extradited to a country that tried to kill him, due to revelations made by the Yahoo news site in September regarding US attack plans. He kidnapped and killed the journalist in 2007.
But it was not successful. The US State Department overturned the decision in December 2021, paving the way for the extradition, which was approved last month and is now going through a new phase with the appeal of Assange’s defense.
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