This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Free Julian Assange and grant him protection.
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Julian Assange was originally forced into hiding by accusations from Sweden which have since been dropped and if extradited to the US he may face the death penalty. to end his life for fighting against government corruption and revealing important truths to the people is morally reprehensible.
Trump suggests there should be a death penalty for Assange: https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/04/politics/kfile-trump-wikileaks/index.html
Assange charges dropped by Swedish prosecutor: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/may/19/swedish-prosecutors-drop-julian-assange-investigation
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
This is a decision for the courts, which are independent of the UK Government and Parliament.
In any case, under UK law people cannot be extradited if there is a possibility of the death penalty being imposed following a guilty verdict.
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