In London, thousands of supporters of Julian Assange formed a massive human chain around the British Parliament Saturday to demand freedom for the jailed WikiLeaks founder. Solidarity actions were held in other cities around the world, including in Washington, D.C., where protesters called on the Justice Department to drop its efforts to extradite Assange. Assange faces up to 175 years in U.S. prison on espionage and hacking charges, for exposing U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is Julian’s wife, Stella Assange, speaking in London.

Stella Assange: “It casts a very dark shadow over the British government that it hasn’t stopped this. The British government should be speaking to its counterparts in the United States to bring this matter to an end immediately. It’s already gone on for three-and-a-half years. It is a stain on the United Kingdom, and it is a stain on the Biden administration.”