Progressive advocates, intellectuals, and former heads of state including yanisvaroufakis tell the U.S. president that dropping charges against the WikiLeaks founder would 'send a strong message' in support of press freedom.
against Assange would"send a strong message to the world: that freedom of expression, freedom of thought, and freedom of the press constitute an instrument that can controvert the interests of any government, including that of the United States of America."
"The cases where there are reports of serious violations of freedom of expression would also be impacted by the dropping of the 18 charges against Assange," the letter reads.
Signed by former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Chilean intellectual Carlos Ominami, and 30 others, the letter was sent on the third anniversary of Assange'sAssange has since been languishing in Belmarsh prison under conditions that human rights experts have
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