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October 10, 2022

Protesters Form Human Chain Around U.K. Parliament to Demand Freedom for Julian Assange
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In London, thousands of supporters of Julian Assange formed a massive
human chain around the British Parliament Saturday to demand freedom for
the jailed Wiki Leaks founder. Solidarity actions were held in other
cities around the world, including in Washington, D.C., where protesters
called on the Justice Department to drop its efforts to extradite
Assange. Assange faces up to 175 years in U.S. prison on espionage and
hacking charges, for exposing U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq.
This is Julian's wife, Stella Assange, speaking in London.

Stella Assange: "It casts a very dark shadow over the British government
that it hasn't stopped this. The British government should be speaking
to its counterparts in the United States to bring this matter to an end
immediately. It's already gone on for three-and-a-half years. It is a
stain on the United Kingdom, and it is a stain on the Biden
administration."



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