Annual Report 2008: United Kingdom
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
16 April 2008
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If the US fails to provide proper assurances that Assange will be able to rely on First Amendment rights, and that he will not be subjected to the death penalty, the Wikileaks publisher will be granted permission to appeal his extradition.
Rights groups call on UK government to reverse its crackdown on the right to protest and stop conflating protests with extremism.
PEN International, English PEN and PEN Norway once again urge the UK authorities to stop the extradition of Assange and call on the US authorities to drop the charges against him and withdraw their extradition request.