This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Do not extradite Julian Assange to the US. Grant him his freedom
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Julian Assange and wikileaks have facilitated whistleblowers in highlighting injustices within powerful organisations across the globe. Despite his service to humanity as a journalist the US wish to extradite him from the UK to face criminal charges for exposing their own government and military.
http://johnpilger.com/articles/getting-julian-assange-the-untold-story
http://johnpilger.com/articles/the-prisoner-says-no-to-big-brother
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.
You can read more about the case here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/world-affairs/europe/extradition-from-the-uk-what-next-for-julian-assange/We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.