Priti Patel's decision may not be surprising but it is to be denounced. Extraditing Julian Assange to the US would put him at great risk, including of torture through solitary confinement, and sends a chilling message to journalists the world over.https://t.co/0s6DQ0b0GQ
— Agnes Callamard (@AgnesCallamard) June 17, 2022
#FreeAssangeNOW : The UK decision to allow the extradition of Assange is vindictive and a real blow to media freedom. He has simply exposed issues that were in the public interest and Patel's failure to acknowledge this is shameful and sets a terrible precedent pic.twitter.com/JBBeBD5jLv
— IFJ (@IFJGlobal) June 17, 2022
Sadly I do not believe Mr Assange will get a fair trial. This extradition treaty needs to be rewritten to give British and American citizens identical rights, unlike now.https://t.co/LEL6ik0S8i
— David Davis (@DavidDavisMP) June 17, 2022
Today is a dark day for #pressfreedom in UK.@ukhomeoffice decision to approve extradition of #JulianAssange casts a dangerous chilling effect worldwide on journalists who use leaked information to report in the public interest.@wikileaks #FreeAssange https://t.co/ZKunMaUln5
— IPI – The Global Network for Independent Media (@globalfreemedia) June 17, 2022
Absolutely shameful that @pritipatel has approved Julian Assange's extradition to US – this sets a dangerous precedent for press freedom & democracy
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) June 17, 2022
US authorities are determined to silence him because they don't like what he revealed#FreeJulianAssangehttps://t.co/3tdcYE9k30
“Allowing Julian Assange to be extradited to the US would put him at great risk and sends a chilling message to journalists the world over.” @AgnesCallamard calls for the US to drop the charges, and for #Assange to be freed pic.twitter.com/LBDbVUBBur
— Amnesty EU (@AmnestyEU) June 17, 2022
“Allowing Julian Assange to be extradited to the US would put him at great risk and sends a chilling message to journalists the world over.” @AgnesCallamard calls for the US to drop the charges, and for #Assange to be freed pic.twitter.com/LBDbVUBBur
— Amnesty EU (@AmnestyEU) June 17, 2022
A dark day for #PressFreedom in the #UK.
— ARTICLE 19 (@article19org) June 17, 2022
UK Home Secretary approves extradition of @WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US where he would face espionage charges.
The only morally just option is to #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/LORCZH0xHd pic.twitter.com/Y2DgwUQIcw
We call on the UK to refrain from extraditing Julian Assange, for the US to drop the charges, and for Assange to be freed!https://t.co/KGMQvxeqvy
— Amnesty International (@amnesty) June 17, 2022
English PEN joins PEN centres worldwide in strongly condemning the decision of the UK Home Secretary to approve the extradition of @Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange to the US. https://t.co/LmYJ0t1wGm @pen_int
— English PEN (@englishpen) June 17, 2022
visto che Assange è rinchiuso da quasi 3 anni in una cella di massima sicurezza, in precarie condizioni di salute. oggi è sconfitta per le nostre #democrazie, di cui la libertà di espressione deve restare pietra angolare.#FreeAssangeNOW
— Eleonora Evi (@EleonoraEvi) June 17, 2022
su #agenrepress
👉https://t.co/oHtgOodjTQ
I’ve written to Priti Patel. The decision in the case of Julian Assange is due by 20th June.
— Claudia Webbe MP (@ClaudiaWebbe) June 17, 2022
Journalist that publish classified information that expose human rights violations should be protected not persecuted.
The only legally and morally just option is to free Julian Assange pic.twitter.com/HCRBFq1hHL
Breaking: Priti Patel has approved Julian Assange's extradition to the United States.
— John McEvoy (@jmcevoy_2) June 17, 2022
A shameful decision on the darkest of days for press freedom.
Press Freedoms will die with Julian Assange if he is extradited and dies in a US prison. Enough is enough, it’s time for @AlboMP to pick up the phone to @BorisJohnson and #freeassange #freejulianassange pic.twitter.com/xGa3zsBzAa
— Peter Whish-Wilson (@SenatorSurfer) June 17, 2022
Priti Patel's decision to allow Julian Assange to be extradited to the US is disgusting.
— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) June 17, 2022
He's being targeted for exposing US war crimes in the Middle East and beyond.
This is an attack on press freedom, which the British government is aiding and abetting. Utterly shameful.
The UK continues to butcher press freedom.
— Pablo Navarrete #FreeAssange (@pablonav1) June 17, 2022
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approves the extradition of journalist and @wikileaks publisher Julian Assange to the US where he could face a 175 year sentence.
This is a war on journalism.@DEAcampaign @noextradfilm #FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/BKntr2MkCy
This appalling UK govt busily trying to eject refugees & #Assange to awful circumstances should instead do the right thing & eject their dreadful, incompetent leader into the oblivion he deserves.
— steve taylor (@thatstevetaylor) June 17, 2022
Terrible news that, let's face it, we knew was coming. A Home Secretary pursuing a brazen, sadistic policy of sending asylum seekers to #Rwanda was unlikely to block #Assange's extradition. UK press freedoms suffer another blow. The ordeal continues…https://t.co/Ke9vFMWL4m
— Clare Daly (@ClareDalyMEP) June 17, 2022
This is a personal tragedy for Julian Assange and his loved ones
— Kerry-Anne Mendoza 🏳️🌈 (@TheMendozaWoman) June 17, 2022
It’s a national tragedy for England. You can’t claim to have a free press while you jail journalists. https://t.co/ekBPTlf7yb
Disgraceful decision by Priti Patel to approve the extradition of Julian Assange to the USA.
— Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) June 17, 2022
There he faces the rest of his life in prison for his journalistic work exposing war crimes in US-led wars on Afghanistan and Iraq.
This decision strikes a blow to press freedom. pic.twitter.com/CS84Xhqe0a
Hard to believe, but it looks real. Every serious press freedom group in the world has protested this. It is an appalling symbol of how far the British and American governments' commitment to human rights has declined.
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) June 17, 2022
How can we condemn authoritarian abuses abroad like this? https://t.co/sgvLRgZtEg
Assange will face jail in the US while the war criminals he exposed are roaming around freely. https://t.co/AhxAkaURgg
— Emran Feroz (@Emran_Feroz) June 17, 2022
BREAKING: UK has formally approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US.
— Freedom of the Press (@FreedomofPress) June 17, 2022
Anyone who cares about press freedom should condemn this case and implore the Justice Dept. to drop its charges. https://t.co/tEZY1Iycjc
No por esperado, es menos vergonzoso. Otro fracaso del Reino Unido para proteger el periodismo y la libertad de prensa; otro paso más, que aproxima a Julian Assange a la extradición.
— RSF España (@RSF_ES) June 17, 2022
¡En RSF seguiremos haciendo campaña cuanto sea necesario! #FreeAssange https://t.co/6uXsAMNIrv
The decision by the UK Govt to approve extradition of Julian Assange to the US is an outrageous betrayal of rule of law, media freedom and human rights. @AlboMP must pick up the phone now and demand an end to this madness https://t.co/W0fi2lw38p. #FreeAssangeNOW #auspol #politas
— Andrew Wilkie MP (@WilkieMP) June 17, 2022
The Assange indictment is a dagger at the throat of press freedom. The Biden admin should drop the prosecution, as press freedom groups (including @knightcolumbia) have repeatedly asked it to do. https://t.co/1xAV2q0Dvb
— Jameel Jaffer (@JameelJaffer) June 17, 2022
An assault on democracy.
— Iain Overton (@iainoverton) June 17, 2022
As an editor who worked with Assange I feel what applies to him applies to all journalists. This is an attack on media and accountability. This is draconian.
Julian Assange can be extradited, says UK Home Secretary https://t.co/IQ6I3MBl2N
A shocker! Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange to be extradited to the US. Britain’s Home Affairs Minister Priti Patel has ruled against Assange. Wikileaks won @Walkleys highest honour in 2011 for publishing documents exposing wrongdoing by governments. #freeAssange pic.twitter.com/28MqPuZdVO
— Karen Percy (@PercyKaren) June 17, 2022
The UK's @ukhomeoffice extradition decision of Julian Assange to the US is highly condemnable.This is a step towards restricting freedom of press n the global arena.This day will be remembered in history as a dark day for human rights & press.@hrw & @UNHumanRights must intervene. https://t.co/J79GOdYZ9L
— Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan (@SenatorMushtaq) June 17, 2022
By continuing to extradite Assange, the Biden DOJ is ignoring the dire warnings of virtually every major civil liberties and human rights organization in the country that the case will do irreparable damage to basic press freedom rights of U.S. reporters. https://t.co/kjz9tmHAfC
— Trevor Timm (@trevortimm) June 17, 2022
GRRR!
— PIRATEN Brandenburg (@piratenparteibb) June 17, 2022
Die Britische Innenministerin gibt ihr OK für die Auslieferung von Julian #Assange an die USA. Es gibt jetzt noch eine letzte Einspruchsmöglichkeit.
Wie viel wird Assange noch zugemutet, dessen Verbrechen darin besteht Verbrachen aufgedeckt zu haben?https://t.co/Jr5LytDoch
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) June 17, 2022
2/. “Allowing #JulianAssange to be extradited to the US would put him at great risk and sends a chilling message to journalists the world over" @amnesty's @AgnesCallamard #Assange faces a high risk of prolonged solitary confinement, if sent to the US https://t.co/AKtD5jZ4up
— Stefan Simanowitz (@StefSimanowitz) June 17, 2022
Home Secretary Priti Patel has approved sending Julian #Assange to the country that plotted his assassination.
— Stella Assange #FreeAssangeNOW (@StellaMoris1) June 17, 2022
Shout louder. Lobby harder. Don't stop until he is free!
Campaigning costs:https://t.co/HdfIeEL12M
Legal costs:https://t.co/eNnkLS9knQ https://t.co/HomI1UAEAn
.@pritipatel’s decision to greenlight the extradition of Julian Assange is cruel and even sadistic. Its aim is to suck up to the US and frighten journalists. The message is clear: if you don’t toe the line, your lives will be destroyed. Tragic & revolting! https://t.co/BX3IZAQUFC
— Guillaume Long (@GuillaumeLong) June 17, 2022
Qui il nostro approfondimento "Se l’UK dirà sì all’estradizione di Assange negli Stati Uniti, nessun editore o giornalista al mondo potrà più considerarsi al sicuro" 4/4 👇https://t.co/ej2rMry7rC
— Valigia Blu (@valigiablu) June 17, 2022
Another bleak milestone on the road leading to Julian's extermination for the crime of letting us know of the war crimes Western gvts perpetrated behind our backs but in our name https://t.co/2AD4GKADZj
— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) June 17, 2022
'I am wholly, furiously against the attempt by the US to extradite Mr Assange from this country. I think it is wrong in principle. It is clearly a political case and should be rejected on those grounds alone, if there were no others available.' https://t.co/RvLPlIdzcF
— Peter Hitchens (@ClarkeMicah) June 17, 2022
Julian Assange’s extradition to the US has been approved.@pritipatel you are a shame on British history. You stand for nothing and this decision will follow you for the rest of your life. pic.twitter.com/HvdUKYjMxy
— Peter McCormack ☠️ (@PeterMcCormack) June 17, 2022
Journalists in Britain and elsewhere will be very worried by the decision to extradite Julian Assange to the US — both for his own well-being & for the precedent it creates for journalism worldwide.
— John Simpson (@JohnSimpsonNews) June 17, 2022
#FreeAssangeNOW : The UK decision to allow the extradition of Assange is vindictive and a real blow to media freedom. He has simply exposed issues that were in the public interest and Patel's failure to acknowledge this is shameful and sets a terrible precedent pic.twitter.com/JBBeBD5jLv
— IFJ (@IFJGlobal) June 17, 2022
The state of press freedom in the world darkens. UK Home Secretary Priti Patel served the US government and approved the extradition of jailed journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for a US trial.
— Kevin Gosztola (@kgosztola) June 17, 2022
Schock: Julian #Assange soll an die USA ausgeliefert werden. Die Innenministerin von Groß-Britannien hat die Auslieferungsanweisung unterschrieben. Wir wünschen #JulianAssage viel Kraft und Durchhaltevermögen in dieser schwierigen Zeit. #FreeAssage
— Journalisten-Verband (@DJVde) June 17, 2022
PM: https://t.co/KJNuo6Drv9 pic.twitter.com/eAyYeD4LLG
Priti Patel approves Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States for publishing information about war crimes in the public interest. An era-defining, disastrous decision for press freedom in the UK and a dark day for journalists everywhere. The fight must go on!
— The Centre for Investigative Journalism (@cijournalism) June 17, 2022
FAIL: Britische Regierung bestätigt Auslieferung von #JulianAssange an USA. #WikiLeaks-Gründer drohen bis zu 175 J Haft. Aus meiner Sicht 1 Vergehen gegen Freiheit,die Menschenrechte u Pressefreiheit.Beschämend. @DEAcampaign @FreeAssange_eu https://t.co/OygLy5wSuk
— Ewa Ernst-Dziedzic (@dziedzic_ewa) June 17, 2022
No words can express the significance of the precedent that was set today by UK Home Secretary @pritipatel in approving Julian Assange’s extradition to the US.
— DiEM25 (@DiEM_25) June 17, 2022
We are outraged but not defeated. We will not give up until Assange is set free.#FreeAssange https://t.co/NsKjKiACqs
BREAKING: Home Secretary Priti Patel approves extradition of Julian Assange to the US, a country that plotted to Assassinate him.
— Double Down News (@DoubleDownNews) June 17, 2022
His crime: Journalism and exposing War Crimes to the world.
A very dark day for Press Freedom & British Democracy pic.twitter.com/4lV09I3GyE
The Home Secretary who ordered the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda in breach of the Refugee Convention now okays the extradition of a journalist, Julian Assange, to a US super-max jail in breach of the UK's Extradition Treaty – all to obscure the UK's role in war crimes
— Jonathan Cook (@Jonathan_K_Cook) June 17, 2022
The Home Secretary has signed an order to extradite Julian Assange to the USA for exposing war crimes and the attempts to cover them up.
— Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP (@BellRibeiroAddy) June 17, 2022
Instead of supporting journalists who expose war crimes, the Government has sided with those who commit them.
A dark day for press freedom.
The Morning Star is appalled at Patel's decision to extradite Julian Assange to the US, where he is to be jailed for journalism.
— Morning Star (@M_Star_Online) June 17, 2022
This is nothing but revenge for exposing war crimes, and a threat to free media the world over. Stop the extradition – free Assange! pic.twitter.com/5npGmcSSbZ
Assange's extradiction consolidates a scandalous reality:
— Kübra Gümüşay (@kuebra) June 17, 2022
Not perpetrators of horrendous crimes, but those who dare to speak the truth will be punished. https://t.co/M96F6fz5It
BREAKING: UK’s Priti Patel Approves Julian Assange's Extradition. Her decision will be appealed but how can the UK and US say they support press freedom when they continue to prosecute Assange? He should be awarded for exposuring US/UK war crimes, not face 175 years in prison!!!
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) June 17, 2022
The Home Secretary’s decision to allow Julian Assange’s extradition to the US is utterly wrong and marks a very dark day for press freedom and the justice system.
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) June 17, 2022
We will continue the fight to free Julian Assange. https://t.co/q725hYeF9Y
"Bei einer Auslieferung droht Julian #Assange in den USA grosse Gefahr und es wäre ein abschreckendes Signal für Journalist*innen weltweit."
— Amnesty Schweiz (@Amnesty_Schweiz) June 17, 2022
Die Anklage muss fallengelassen werden und #Assange freikommen, fordert @AgnesCallamardhttps://t.co/tXWJtLNoC7 pic.twitter.com/fBSyH8b3nU
A dark day for Press Freedom #Assange https://t.co/EPO1D2KOTr
— Pierre Chappaz (@pierrechappaz) June 17, 2022
keep fighting. keep julian visible, work to get @AlboMP on the phone to the US, and never give up. for boris johnson and his accomplices, nothing but contempt #FreeJulianAssange pic.twitter.com/ko9racrOCR
— Scott Ludlam (@Scottludlam) June 17, 2022
The UK Government’s decision to uphold the application by the US Department of Justice to extradite Australian publisher Julian #Assange imperils journalists everywhere. #MEAAmedia #pressfreedom #JournalismIsNotACrime https://t.co/qTzlTaS1TG
— MEAA (@withMEAA) June 17, 2022