Reporters Without Borders Calls on UK Government to Refrain From Extraditing Assange to US
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th April, 2019) The United Kingdom should not extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States and should protect freedom of expression and the role of journalists in line with domestic and international law, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a statement on Thursday.
"RSF calls on the UK authorities to prioritize the principles of freedom of expression and protection of the role of journalism, including journalistic sources, in their treatment of Assange, in line with UK law and the UK's international human rights obligations," the statement said. "As such, the UK should refrain from complying with requests to extradite Assange to the US that would aim at sanctioning his journalistic-like activities."