This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Grant Julian Assange Safe Passage Through UK Territory And Political Asylum In Ecuador.
More details
We, the signatories of this petition, believe that; the persecution of Julian Assange is a political rather than a judicial matter.
As a whistleblower, and promoter of the freedom of information, Assange, and others like him, should be offered protection against political persecution.
Should the UK government fail to grant Assange protection; he faces probable extradition to the US and subsequent human rights abuses, such as those inflicted upon Bradley Manning.
The failure to prevent any continuing political persecution of Assange would be a symbolic failure to protect the very notion of human rights and dignity.
The failure to protect those who are denied freedom from persecution is the real miscarriage of justice.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.