Amnesty International has warned that the extradition of Julian Assange to the US could set a disastrous precedent for global media freedom. Assange, currently held in Belmarsh maximum security prison in southeast London since April 11, 2019, is confined to a cell for 23 hours a day. The International Federation of Journalists, representing over 600,000 journalists worldwide, has called for his immediate release. Nils Melzer of the UN has described Assange as a victim of torture and inhuman treatment, emphasizing the threat to freedom of speech globally. Prominent figures, including Noam Chomsky, have criticized the US and UK's actions as outrageous and scandalous. US civil society organizations have also urged an end to Assange's persecution, citing an alarming legal precedent. An appeal is scheduled for July 9-10.
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US civil society organizations urge end to persecution of Julian Assange which creates an “alarming legal precedent” #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/2taBGX9n3a https://t.co/DiLSimYj8C
#LetHimGoJoe: @IFJGlobal team outside HMP Belmarsh https://t.co/giOcDUk2iF
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The international Federation of Journalists which represents more than 600,000 journalists worldwide calls loudly for the immediate release of Julian Assange #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/viJVF8LCpl
"The whole effort to punish Assange is grotesque. The US effort to extradite him is outrageous. Britain's participation in this has been scandalous". Noam Chomsky on the persecution of Julian Assange👇 https://t.co/72qzy5fxQx
"Julian Assange is a victim of torture and inhuman treatment. This is a threat not just to Assange himself but to freedom of speech everywhere in the world" @UN's Nils Melzer’s book is the essential, utterly forensic analysis of this case" #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/Kr9bPM4ZKG https://t.co/IxwAUmR19b
"...here at Belmarsh maximum security prison in southeast London, his abode since 11 April 2019, he has not seen the sun, confined to a cell for 23 hours a day." #LetHimGoJoe #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/tLWxyQxR1C
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Amnesty: “The US authorities are paving the way to a disastrous precedent for worldwide media freedom if Julian Assange is extradited” Appeal: 9-10 July #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/HsiTuzZ3ca