Human chain formed around UK parliament in support of Julian Assange

Protesters formed a human chain around the #UK parliament in London on Saturday to call for the release of persecuted #WikiLeaks founder #JulianAssange.
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The chain spanned from the front of the Houses of Parliament to the River Thames, over Westminster Bridge before looping to the river at the other side of the historic building.
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The Australian-born publisher has been in prison since he was removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2019 and arrested by British police.
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Julian Assange is currently appealing a decision to extradite him to the US where he is wanted to face trial for allegedly violating the US Espionage Act.
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It has been eight months since Julian Assange has been isolated and without visitors, with the exception of his lawyers.
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