SAVING JULIAN ASSANGE: IT’S NOW OR NEVER

Professor Stuart Rees, Mary Kostakidis, Senator David Shoebridge, Richard Medhurst, Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans, Joe Lauria & pre-recorded film from the late John Pilger. Recorded Jan 29 2024. The event will focus largely on health risks if Julian Assange, who faces DAY X, his final U.K. appeal on February 20-21, is extradited to the US, and new law in the UK regarding a requesting State’s assurances. In 2021, U.S. assurances were accepted by the U.K. High Court to overturn a lower court decision not to extradite him on health grounds, but Mr Assange’s state of health has significantly deteriorated since then. The Australian all-party ‘Bring Assange Home’ parliamentary group has sent a letter to the UK Home Secretary James Cleverly, requesting an investigation in to health risk, should Assange be extradited. to which Senator Shoebridge is one of the four signatories. It begins and ends with the following two quotes: “We know that you will be well aware of the UK Supreme