There were hundreds of people this Saturday A human chain around the British Parliament to ask WikiLeaks founder released Julian AssangeIn precautionary custody while extradition case to the US is adjudicated in the UK .
Supporters of the 51-year-old journalist waved flags and banners Asking the British Government to refuse submission to American Justiceconsidering that there was political persecution as a result of the disclosures of the portal of the case.
The United States claims he was on 18 alleged espionage and computer intrusion charges. He denied it, and that could mean up to 175 years in prison in the country, according to his legal team.
Assange’s wife, Stella Moris, greeted those who arrived at the Ecuadorian embassy in London with their two children, who were born when the computer programmer was a refugee.
In a statement to the press, the lawyer said: the human chain shows ‘big support’ from people ‘disgusted by the injustice of an illegitimate legal process’ of its former ‘hacker’, this is “no more than the instrumentalization of the law to keep him in prison indefinitely,” he said.
Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the British Labor Party and spokesperson for the Economy, John McDonnell and former union leader Len McCluskey also joined the protest.
After that Two years of house arrest in the UK At the request of the Swedish Government for a sex offender allegation case (later shelved), Australia He took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in June 2012He was arrested at the request of the United States in April 2019, after Quito withdrew his asylum.
Since then, he Incarcerated at Belmarsh High Security Prison in LondonWashington’s extradition request has been resolved, although he has not been charged with any crime.
Assange’s lawyers have objected to the decision of former British Home Secretary Priti Patel, who allowed him to surrender on June 17 after a lengthy judicial process currently pending in other directions.