{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/257595.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":257595,"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Don't extradite Julian Assange to the United States of America","background":"In April 2019, Julian Assange was arrested and placed in police custody in London for breaching bail conditions during December 2010.","additional_details":"The pretence for Julian's arrest was an extradition request from America based on a Computer Hacking charge, in which Julian would face 5 years imprisonment. This, like many other cases, is likely a further pretence towards a later charge of treason. Though this no longer carries the death penalty, it does carry the penalty of life imprisonment.\r\n\r\nAssange exposed atrocities committed via his release of the 'collateral murder' videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0).","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2019-04-13T23:35:45.757Z","updated_at":"2020-02-26T22:49:56.198Z","rejected_at":"2019-05-14T15:54:05.210Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2019-04-14T20:36:10.780Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"This is a decision for the courts, which are independent of the UK Government and Parliament.\r\n\r\nYou can read more about the case here:\r\nhttps://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/world-affairs/europe/extradition-from-the-uk-what-next-for-julian-assange/"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}