This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Prevent the extradition of Julian Assange to America.
“The British government must not accede to the US extradition request for Julian Assange as he faces a real risk of serious human rights violations if sent there.
The US should have no jurisdiction to call for the extradition of a non US citizen for alleged crimes committed outside of the US.
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This is a clear attack on the kind of journalistic publication that exposes the criminal activities of our own governments.
No-one is above the law and no person should be criminalised for reporting crimes.
Part of the background text was taken from Amnesty International
This petition was rejected
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.
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