Meditation for Julian Assange
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US has been approved by the UK Home Secretary on June 17th. The British courts had concluded his extradition would not be incompatible with his human rights, and that he would be treated appropriately. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61839256 He has immediately appealed to the High Court in London to block his extradition to the US to face criminal charges https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62008245 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/1/wikileaks-assange-lodges-uk-appeal-against-us-extradition Assange's supporters and lawyers maintain he was acting as a journalist and is entitled to First Amendment protections of freedom of speech. They argue that the case is politically motivated, that he would face inhumane treatment and be unable to get a fair trial in the U.S. A statement released by Wikileaks said anyone who cared about freedom of expression should be “deeply ashamed” that the home secretary had approved Assange’s extradition. “