“Free speech” and “Free Assange” read some of the placards carried by the campaigners, who objected to the WikiLeaks founder’s documents being handed over to the US authorities
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 20: Protesters supporting Julian Assange outside the Embassy Of Ecuador on May 20, 2019 in London, England. Picture: LUKE DRAY / GETTY IMAGESProtesters rallied outside Ecuador’s embassy in London on Monday on the day that documents and electronic equipment belonging to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange were expected to be seized for handover to US authorities.
Assange is serving a 50-week prison sentence in Britain for breaking his bail conditions when he first fled to the embassy in 2012. The US case involves WikiLeaks publishing hundreds of thousands of classified documents exposing US military wrongdoing in the Iraq war and diplomatic secrets about scores of countries.
Valencia defended the handover, saying: “This is derived from a very clear order from a competent judicial authority.”
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