Activists claim Washington retaliated against the outlet and its founder for exposing its own war crimes.I find the game to be way too easy even on Very Hard mode and this mod aims to address that in the simplest way that preserves the existing game design. WikiLeaks supporters insist that Assange was simply practicing journalism by publishing the documents, which were redacted to remove some sensitive information. There, he faces a 175-year sentence on charges of leaking secret documents he received from a US Army analyst alleging US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. The journalist, whose health has severely deteriorated in UK custody, awaits extradition to the US.
Lula da Silva, who was elected as president in late October in a tight race against incumbent right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, has long been a vocal supporter of Assange.Īssange has been in Britain’s Belmarsh high security prison since April 2019, when he was removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London after Quito revoked his asylum status. The whistleblower’s representatives allegedly discussed with the MPs a number of steps that the latter could take, including sending a letter to the US embassy in Brasilia urging Washington to drop the charges against Assange. Several media outlets reported that the WikiLeaks delegation was planning to meet with Humberto Costa, the president of the Human Rights Commission of the Brazilian Senate, as well as lawmakers from the lower chamber on Tuesday. In his own tweet, Hrafnsson said that he had had a private meeting with the Brazilian president-elect, whom he thanked for his “ongoing support,” and described as a “true man of passion, vision and sympathy.”
He also expressed hope that “Assange be released from his unfair imprisonment.” The whistleblowing organization’s top representatives arrived in the Latin American country expecting to also hold a meeting with Brazilian lawmakers.Īccording to the accompanying text, the two informed the Brazilian official about “Julian Assange’s health situation and fight for freedom.” Lula da Silva, in turn, asked his guests to convey his solidarity to the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder. Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, Lula posted a photo of himself shaking hands with WikiLeaks’ editor-in-chief, Kristinn Hrafnsson, with WikiLeaks’ ambassador Joseph Farrell standing nearby. Assange has been detained since 2019, and is awaiting extradition to the US, where he faces up to 175 years in prison over the publication of classified materials. Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the British maximum-security prison, Belmarsh.
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