“The International Lawyers Association’s Institute for Human Rights stated that because Mr Assange was a victim of psychological torture, his extradition to the US would also be illegal under international human rights law.” underlined the 1980 Nobel Prize in another paragraph of the letter sent to Pratel.

From a jurisprudential point of view, international human rights guidelines urge the current UK Home Secretary to follow in the footsteps of Theresa May, another member of the Conservative Party (Tories) who in 2012, while holding the same portfolio, blocked the extradition of cyberactivist Gary McKinnon, who is currently he was known as the ‘Pentagon hacker’, to the US because his health was at risk.

“The United Kingdom, a sovereign nation with a long tradition of upholding the rule of law, must reject the abusive and illegal extradition request from the United States. The former Secretary of State for the Department of Home Affairs, Theresa May, rightfully terminated the extradition of Gary McKinnon in recognition of the same mental condition as Mr Assange,” said Pérez Esquivel.

And he also cited a range of facts and statements about the WikiLeaks founder, from a European Council warning that defined the treatment given to Assange as one of the “most serious threats to press freedom” to “official reports”. from the United Nations” who concluded on November 1, 2019 that “unless the UK immediately changes course and defuses its inhumane situation, Assange’s continued exposure to abuse and abuse will soon end in taking his life”.

“The European Union Parliament, MPs, heads of state and former heads of state from around the world, legal professionals and legal scholars expressed their concern about Mr. Julian Assange and the precedent set by their persecution,” said Pérez Esquivel.

In this regard, after reviewing statements against extradition, the Nobel Prize winner told British officials that he shared “the growing collective concern that has been expressed about Mr Julian Assange’s human rights, civil and political abuses”.

Finally, he warned of “the precedent that his persecution is setting for press freedom” on a global level, as well as questioned “the United States’ assertion of universal jurisdiction” over the entire planet.

The recipient of Pérez Esquivel’s letter, Priti Pratel, is the leader of the Conservative Party, an economist by profession, linked by analysts to the far-right Tories; his parents were born in India, then settled in Uganda – when it was a British protectorate – to eventually settle in England.