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Never forget: #JulianAssange, currently in Belmarsh maximum security prison, remains under threat of extradition to the US, where he faces life imprisonment for the "crime" of releasing crucial information withheld by governments from the public.
If Assange is successfully extradited and prosecuted by the US for performing this critical democratic service, journalists and whistleblowers everywhere should feel a chill wind blowing down their necks.
We can state this clearly, and strongly contest his extradition to the US, regardless of what we might think of his character, politics etc, or of the Swedish case. It's a matter of principle. If we don't stand up for his rights, we don't stand up for other people's.
