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Published December 30, 2020, 7:58 AM
Some journalists and academics staged virtual and physical demonstrations outside the United States Embassy in Manila on Tuesday to call for the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
The demonstration was led by members of the National Press Club, Philippine-BRICS Strategic Studies, Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino, Labor Alliance, and Nationalist Filipinos Against Foreign Intervention.
(Screenshot from Philippine-BRICS Strategic Studies’ Facebook video / MANILA BULLETIN)
Assange is an Australian hacker who leaked confidential documents and images in Wikileaks showing alleged war crimes by the United States military in other countries.
He was arrested by the British police in April 2019 after the Ecuadorean government withdrew his asylum status. Assange is now fighting extradition to the US where he believes he will be put on trial for releasing the said confidential documents and media.