UK: RSF calls on Home Office to block Assange extradition following Supreme Court refusal to consider appeal

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) is deeply disappointed by the refusal of the UK Supreme Court to consider the appeal in the extradition case against Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange. More than two years after extradition proceedings began, the case will now be sent back to the Home Office to take a political decision. RSF urges the Home Office to act in the interest of journalism and press freedom by refusing extradition and immediately releasing Assange from prison.On 14 March, Assange’s defence lawyers issued a statem

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