The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, joined on Tuesday the calls for the release of Julien Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks detained in London and accused of “espionage” by the United States.
On his Twitter account, the President said “Support the global fight for the freedom of journalist Julian Assange”posting a photo of his Monday meeting with two WikiLeaks representatives.
I will ask the president [Joe] Biden, along with other Latin American presidents, so that a journalist is not sentenced just for having told the truthadded Petro, the first left-wing president in the history of Colombia.
Colombia has traditionally been the main ally of the United States in Latin America.
Icelandic journalist Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, was among those attending the meeting with the Colombian head of state in Bogotá.
“Petro fully understands the gravity of Assange’s situation and the danger to freedom of expression,” he told reporters. average Hrafnsson after the match.
In July, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered “protection and asylum” to Assange, the subject of a judicial investigation in the United States for having published in 2010 more than 700,000 confidential documents on US military activities, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan. and what suggested the commission of alleged war crimes in the two invaded countries.
The 51-year-old Australian risks up to 175 years in prison in the United States if he is charged with espionage. The British Government has already accepted his extradition, but Julian Assange has appealed the decision.
Source: Observadora
