A group of organizations and personalities related to the defense of human rights will send on Saturday two letters addressed to the ambassador from the United Kingdom in Argentina, Kirsty Hayes, where they demanded that the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, not be extradited to the United States, and asked for his release.

The initiative, which will take place at 12 in front of the British Embassy in Buenos Aires (located at Calle Luis Agote 2412), was coordinated by the group Libertad Assange Argentina and Free Assange Wave in response to a call from the Norwegian collective Set Julian Gratis so that the same letter was sent globally in various cities in the world, the organizing group of the activity informed Télam.

Global scope of action for now limited to two spearhead countries: Norway and Argentina. Others will follow in the coming weeks.

The act consisted of sending letters written by Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and advocate for Assange’s cause.

“There will be no freedom of the press if there is no freedom for Julian Assange”said Hedges in his text.

In Oslo, the references involved are actress Liv Ullman and other figures from Scandinavia.

In Buenos Aires, a group of referrals will send Hedges letters and letters of their own, signed by figures from human rights, politics, and culture.

The 52-year-old Australian man is accused in the United States of having published since 2010, via WikiLeaks, more than 700,000 classified documents

“The United Kingdom has the sovereign possibility to set an international precedent in defending Press Freedom as a human right,” they said in it.

After the letter is sent, the conference will be offered press in front of the embassy.

The presence of Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Iris Pereyra de Avellaneda, Pablo Llonto, Ricardo Peidro, Hugo “Cahorro” Godoy, Marta Maffei and Javier “el profe” Romero, among others, has been confirmed.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Eugenio Zaffaroni, Tristán Bauer, Nora Cortiñas, Giselle Santana, Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo and the Association of Survivors, relatives and friends of prisoners of Campo de Mayo also added their support.

This action formalizes a series of actions for Assange’s freedomsuch as the film series “Assange Libre”, which will start on August 26 at 16.00 at the Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK).

The 52-year-old Australian man is accused in the United States of having published since 2010, through WikiLeaks, more than 700,000 classified documents about US military and diplomatic activities, especially those relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

United States government accused him of espionage and conspiracy to commit espionageand alleged that Assange endangered national security by exposing operations and disclosing sensitive information.

Arrested by British police in 2019 after being held for seven years at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Assange is being held at the high-security Belmarsh prison.

If extradited and convicted, Assange could spend the rest of his life in a maximum-security prison, as charges brought by the US Department of Justice carry a jail term of up to 175 years.

Arrested by British police in 2019 After spending seven years at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Assange is being held at the high-security Belmarsh prison in east London.

An appeal against his extradition to the High Court failed but will be reviewed. If confirmed, his only option is to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.