2023-04-21 01:53:59
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador met with John y Gabriel Shiptonfather and brother of the imprisoned activist, Julian Assange; whom he assured that he will continue to defend.
Through social networksthe federal president warned that his government will continue to defend the founder of WikiLeaks considering him a political prisoner; “I received John and Gabriel Shipton, father and brother, respectively, of Julian Assange, whom we will continue to defend, since he is a political prisoner and his case is an unacceptable insult to freedom of expression”public AMLO.
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In 2021President López Obrador reported that his government would begin efforts to offer political asylum for Australian activist; even during 2022, on his visit to Washington, United States, as a way of advocating for the journalist, delivered a letter defending Assange to his counterpart Joe Biden.
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While in September 2022, the president had the relatives of Julian Assange as special guests to celebrate the national holidays, the Cry of Independence and the Military Parade; where he was also accompanied by the former president of Bolivia, Evo Moralesand of Uruguay, Jose Mujica.
Assange has been imprisoned for four years United Kingdom after being sheltered in the embassy of Ecuadorand is waiting to be released and to return to his native Australia. Last week more than 30 members of the British Parliament demanded that the United States stop demanding the extradition of the founder of WikiLeakswhich seeks to take him to prison by disseminating communications on its portal secrets of the North American country.
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