Hacktivist group Anonymous has threatened to take revenge against "every single powerful person," who gave their approval to the arrest of Julian Assange if they fail to free the WikiLeaks founder
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 12th April, 2019) Hacktivist group Anonymous has threatened to take revenge against "every single powerful person," who gave their approval to the arrest of Julian Assange if they fail to free the WikiLeaks founder.
On Thursday, Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London at the request of the US authorities after Ecuador withdrew his political asylum claim. The WikiLeaks founder, who has become famous for leaking classified US government data, now faces extradition to the United States on charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and could get up to five years in jail.
"Every single powerful person who has signed off on this order should be shaking in their boots, because the force of the internet is about to be unleashed upon them. All the way from the CIA, the President of the United States, and down to the arresting officers that carried Assange out of the embassy, you have all exposed yourselves as enemies of the people and it is time for An0nymous to act accordingly," the statement by the hacktivist group, published by the Anonews portal on Thursday, read.
Anonymous added that the arrest of Assange was "unprecedented attack on journalism."
"Assange has been nominated for the Nobel Peace prize every single year since 2010 when his case began to gather international media attention, and he is well loved by the people of the world, especially those who have the sense to see through the propaganda that justifies the foreign policy of the US government and their allies. Unfortunately, the establishment does not feel the same, so this is a warning for the establishment: Let Assange free or you will pay!" the statement noted.
The United States now has until June 12 to provide UK authorities with all necessary documents for Assange's extradition.
