Prevent the extradition of Julian Assange to America.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

“The British government must not accede to the US extradition request for Julian Assange as he faces a real risk of serious human rights violations if sent there.

The US should have no jurisdiction to call for the extradition of a non US citizen for alleged crimes committed outside of the US.

This is a clear attack on the kind of journalistic publication that exposes the criminal activities of our own governments.

No-one is above the law and no person should be criminalised for reporting crimes.

Part of the background text was taken from Amnesty International

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/06/uk-must-refuse-extradition-of-julian-assange-to-the-united-states/

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

This is a decision for the courts, which are independent of the UK Government and Parliament.

You can read more about the case here:

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/world-affairs/europe/extradition-from-the-uk-what-next-for-julian-assange/

Timeline

13 Jun 2019	Petition opened for signatures
11 Jul 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jul 2019

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