Not too late to block Assange extradition, WikiLeaks editor says

US President Joe Biden said they were considering a request from the Australian government to drop the prosecution.

The editor of WikiLeaks has said it is not too late to halt Julian Assange’s extradition to the US, after President Joe Biden said he is “considering” dropping the prosecution of the journalist.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been pressing for Assange’s release for the past few months. Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, said: “The campaign to free Julian Assange is supported by the Australian government, the world’s leading human rights and journalists’ organisations, global world leaders and the Pope.

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