Activists Hold Picnic in London to Celebrate Julian Assange’s 50th Birthday
Activists Hold Picnic in London to Celebrate Julian Assange’s 50th Birthday
Sputnik International
The participants held the picnic at London’s Parliament Square to send their best wishes to Assange and draw the parliament's attention to his detention. 03.07.2021, Sputnik International
Julian Assange supporters gathered at London’s Parliament Square to celebrate his 50th birthday, noting that it's his tenth birthday held whilst deprived of his freedom. The WikiLeaks founder is spending the day in a UK prison as the authorities consider the US' request for his extradition.The picnic's participants maintained social distancing and laid out posters on the grass emblazoned with messages demanding Assange be freed. Check out Sputnik's photo gallery to find out how the activists celebrated the big day.
The participants held the picnic at London’s Parliament Square to send their best wishes to Assange and draw the parliament's attention to his detention.
Julian Assange supporters gathered at London’s Parliament Square to celebrate his 50th birthday, noting that it's his tenth birthday held whilst deprived of his freedom. The WikiLeaks founder is spending the day in a UK prison as the authorities consider the US' request for his extradition.
The picnic's participants maintained social distancing and laid out posters on the grass emblazoned with messages demanding Assange be freed.
Check out Sputnik's photo gallery to find out how the activists celebrated the big day.
The US wants the whistleblower for espionage after WikiLeaks published thousands of secret files and classified information that shed light on war crimes committed by American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The WikiLeaks founder was arrested in London on April 11, 2019, and sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaking his bail in 2012, when he took refuge inside the Ecuadorean embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he was facing sexual assault charges which were later dropped.
In January, UK district judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled not to extradite Assange to the United States, citing health reasons and the risk of suicide in the US prison system, but decided that he must wait in prison for the outcome of an appeal filed by US prosecutors.
Above: British designer Vivienne Westwood speaks after cutting a birthday.
Moris and Assange's children stand in front of the posters, saying "Free Assange."
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