In a letter addressed to Biden, the Brazilian Federation of Hope requests the release of Julian Assange.
"We join the call for the immediate release of Mr. Assange made by international organizations at the United Nations," the Brazilian parliamentarians emphasize in the document.
247 - Members of Parliament from the Brazilian Federation of Hope (PT, PCdoB, and PV) sent a letter to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, expressing their opposition to the extradition of Australian journalist Julian Assange, who is imprisoned in England, to be tried in the United States. In the document, the parliamentarians warn that this would create a negative precedent for freedom of expression and the free exercise of the press worldwide.
“We join the call for the immediate release of Mr. Assange made by international organizations at the United Nations, as well as by Amnesty International, other human rights organizations, and legal, medical, and professional associations,” the parliamentarians stated in the letter.
The lawmakers reminded U.S. authorities that Assange “adopted practices that are essentially those of investigative journalism,” including “receiving classified information from a source within the government and publishing information of public interest.”
According to Brazilian congressmen, this act cannot be classified under the Espionage Act because it would "criminalize routine practices, which are protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution." The lawmakers also highlighted that the Obama administration refused to prosecute Assange for espionage.
The letter was released following a meeting of members of the Federation's benches in the Federal Chamber with WikiLeaks editors Kristinn Hrafnsson and Joseph Farrell, held last Monday (28), and which also included the presence of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).
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