A worldwide march in assist of Julian Assange will probably be held on-line because of the coronavirus pandemic. Other than disrupting assist efforts, the dreaded virus can also be threatening the jailed WikiLeaks co-founder personally.
The “world first digital march” is ready to happen on April 11, precisely one 12 months after Assange was dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London by British police and brought into custody. Because the coronavirus pandemic has seen restrictions and outright bans imposed on mass gatherings throughout many international locations, the march will probably be held on-line.
The occasion organizers promised to supply members with “digital banners” which is able to change into out there for sharing on Saturday. The WikiLeaks co-founder’s supporters are free to point out up with ‘banners’ of their very own as effectively – the one situation is to not unleash your prime pro-Assange memes earlier than April 11.
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The coronavirus pandemic has already contaminated some 1,450,000 folks worldwide and has precipitated greater than 83,000 deaths. Whereas the outbreak has pressured Assange’s followers to undertake extra unconventional technique of displaying assist, it’s also threatening the very lifetime of the WikiLeaks co-founder.
The max-security Belmarsh Jail, the place Assange is being held, reported its first Covid-19 loss of life this week, and his supporters worry the illness might unfold quickly by means of the power. Assange is combating extradition to the US, the place he’s needed on a number of costs of conspiring to hack authorities computer systems and breaking espionage legal guidelines. If convicted, he might spend the remainder of his life behind bars.
Assange’s well being has already suffered all through his years contained in the Ecuadorian Embassy, the place he sought asylum in 2012. Quite a few activists, officers, medical doctors and public figures – together with a UN rapporteur on torture – have repeatedly pointed to his deteriorating well being, warning that he would possibly die within the UK jail.
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WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson advised RT that Assange is at excessive threat from Covid-19, given the poor state of his well being even earlier than being despatched to Belmarsh and the way shortly such a virus can unfold by means of the “petri dish” jail atmosphere.
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