Dozens of supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gathered on Thursday in front of Westminster Magistrates Court in London where the second hearing over his extradition is about to begin.
The people are holding bright placards with different slogans such as “Free Julian Assange”, “1984 is So Yesterday”, “Free Assange, Jail War Criminals”, “Defend Free Speech”, “Hands off Assange”, “Free Assange, free press.”
The hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court is to consider two extradition requests: the one of Sweden, where Assange is wanted on sexual assault charges, and the other of the United States over charges of a cyber attack on a government computer that led to a massive leak of classified data.