US: RSF joins press freedom coalition calling on Biden's Department of Justice to drop case against Julian Assange

By rebeccaj

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) has joined a coalition of two dozen press freedom, civil liberties, and international human rights organizations in urging the Biden Department of Justice to stop pursuing an appeal against the extradition decision and drop the charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The full text of the letter is below.U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 February 8, 2021 Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson:

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