The following have called for the United States to drop Espionage Act charges related to Wikileaks' 2010 and 2011 publishing of evidence of war crimes, torture and misconduct by the United States in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars (updated Dec. 31, 2021) All can be verified by entering the name plus Assange into Google

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FAMILY Stella Moris, wife and mother of his two children Christine Assange, mother Gabriel Shipton, brother John Shipton, biological father NOTED INDIVIDUALS Daniel Ellsberg, former Espionage Act defendent Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nathan Fuller, Executive Director, Courage Foundation Yves Daccor, former Director General, International Committee of the Red Cross Elena Cohen, President, National Lawyers Guild Jeanne Mirer, President, International Association of Democratic Lawyers Adil Soz, International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech Ben Wizner, director of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project Noam Chomsky, scholar Cornell West, scholar Edward Snowden, whistleblower Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize winner Archie Law, Chair Sydney Peace Foundation Carles Torner, Executive Director, PEN International Christine McKenzie, President, PEN Melbourne Daniel Gorman, Director, English PEN Kjersti Løken Stavrum, President, PEN Norway Mark Isaacs, President of PEN International Sydney Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner Muhammad Rabbani, Director, CAGE UK Naomi Colvin, UK/Ireland Program Director, Blueprint for Free Speech Peter Weisenbacher, Institut Ludskych Prav Ralf Nestmeyer, Vice President, German PEN Tim Costello, Director of Ethical Voice Robert Wood, Chair, PEN Perth Ruth Smeeth, CEO, Index on Censorship Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia, ARTICLE 19 Silkie Carlo, Director, Big Brother Watch Norman Solomon, director, Institute for Public Accuracy Jacob G. Hornberger, The Future of Freedom Foundation Mark Weisbrot, co-director Center for Economic Policy and Research Jameel Jaffer, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Maj. Danny Sjursen, Director of Eisenhower Media Network Capt. Matt Hoh, former State Dept. official Ray McGovern, activist and former CIA analyst Coleen Rowley, former FBI agent OTHER CELEBRITIES, AUTHORS & ARTISTS Alice Walker, author Roger Waters, musician Ai Weiwei, sculptor Marianne Williamson, author Elfriede Jelinek, author Arundhati Roy, writer Ken Loach, film director Brian Eno, musician Oliver Stone, filmmaker Jean-Michel Jarre, musician Patti Smith, musician Pamela Anderson, actress Frank Barat, writer/filmmaker Susan Sarandon, actress PJ Harvey, musician M.I.A., musician Chrissie Hynde, musician Chris Robinson, musician Tom Morello, musician Lady Gaga, musician Sean Ono Lennon, musician List of 250+ artists ATTORNEYS List of 180+ from 27+ countries DOCTORS List of 330+ from 30+ countries MEDIA Christophe Deloitre, Secretary General, Reporters Without Borders Rebecca Vincent, Director of International Campaigns, Reporters Without Borders Anthony Bellanger, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists Nora Wehofsits, Advocacy Officer, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom William Horsley, Media Freedom Representative, Association of European Journalists Blaise Lempen, President, Press Emblem Campaign Michelle Stanistreet, General Secretary, National Union of Journalists Mousa Rimawi, Director, Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms Lasantha De Silva, Freed Media Movement Marcus Strom, President, MEAA Media, Australia Pierre Rueschi, Executive Director, Geneva Press Club Marty Baron, former Washington Post Executive Editor Dean Baquet, New York Times Executive Editor Matt Murray, Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Nicole Carroll, Editor in Chief, USA Today Anja Reschke, Editor of Panorama Alice Schwarzer, Editor of Emma Monique Hofmann, chair of German Union of Journalists John Cassidy, The New Yorker Masha Gesson The New Yorker Erin Murphy, Lee Enterprises Caleb Ecarma, Vanity Fair Bob Ekelko, San Francisco Chronicle Edward Wasserman, Dean Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Zach Weissmueller, Reason Bruce Brown, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Fintan O'Toole, The Irish Times John Nichols, The Nation Bernard Keane, Crickey Frederik Obermaier, Süddeutsche Zeitung Mattias von Hein DW Yonden Lhatoo, South China Morning Post Margaret Sullivan Washington Post Kit Klarenberg, The Greyzone Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief, The Greyzone Aaron Maté, The Greyzone Adam Serwer, The Atlantic Anna Lehmann, taz Chris Hayes, MSNBC Ted Galen Carpenter, The American Conservative Jakob Augstein, der Freitag John Pilger, journalist Glenn Greenwald, journalist Chris Hedges, journalist Matt Taibbi, journalist Ryan Grim, journalist Stephen Kinzer, journalist Tariq Ali, author Kalinga Seneviratne, author Robert Scheer, journalist Stefania Maurizi, journalist Jonathan Cook, journalist David Talbot, journalist Rod Ridenour, author John Goetz, journalist Dean Yates, journalist (co-workers killed in Collateral Video) Additional 1,700+ journalists in 100+ countries Newspaper Editorial Page Support: The Guardian: Set Him Free The New York Times: Julian Assange's Indictment Aims at the Heart of the First Amendment LA Times: The indictment of Julian Assange is an attack on freedom of the press Chicago Sun Times: Beware of an attack on the press in the indictment of Julian Assange Al Jazaeera: Assange and the Assurances of Civilised Torturers The Boston Globe:Julian Assange: Bad guy, yes. Criminal? Not so fast. The Hindu: Endless Ordeal On Extradition of Julian Assange The Telegraph India: Moral Force Irish Examiner: Whistleblower extradition would be blow to freedom of the press The Sydney Morning Herald: Assange's Legal Torment Has Lasted Long Enough Morning Star: The fight to free Julian Assange is not over. We must step it up. The Pitt News: Assange's journalist credentials aren't the issue

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Europe Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (P.A.C.E.) European MPs: Belgium: Marc Botenga, Marc Tarabella, Marie Arena Czech Republic: Marketa Gregorova, Mikuláš Peksa Finland: Heidi Hautala France: Leila Chaibi Germany: Andrej Hunko, Erik Marquardt, Dietmar Köster, Helmut Scholz, Martin Buschmann, Martin Sonnenborn, Oezlem Demirel, Patrick Breyer Greece: Stelios Kouloglou; Ireland: Clare Daly, Luke Ming Flanagan, Mick Wallace Italy: Gianni Marilotti, Roberto Rampi, Eleonora Evi, Rosa D'Amato Netherlands: Rob Rooken, Rob Roos, Derk Jan Eppink Slovenia: Milan Brglez' Spain: Diana Riba i Giner, Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Jordi Solé i Ferrando Austria Bundestrat: Eduard Köck France French National Assembly: Erwan Balanant, Thierry Benoir, Èric Bothorel, Moetai Brotherson, Alain Bruneel, Marie-George Buffet, Annie Chapelier, Jennifer de Temmerman, Frédérique Dumas, Paula Forteza, Hubert Julien-Laferriére, Sébastien Jumel, Mansour Kamardine, Jean-Christoph Lagarde, Jean-Luc Lagleize, Michel Larive, Jean Lassalle, Philippe Latombe, Jean-Paul Lecoq, Marion Lenne, Marie-Ange Magne, Denis Masséglia, Sereine Mauborgne, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Sébastien Nadot, Danièle Obono, Mathilde Panot, Valérie Petit, Dominique Potier, Adrien Quatennens, Pierre-Alain Raphan, Muriel Ressiguier, Fabien Roussel, Sabine Rubin, François Ruffin, Maina Sage, Bénédicte Taurine, Nicolas Turquois, Cécile Untermaier, Cédric Villani, Martine Wonner Èric Dupond-Moretti, Minister of Justice Germany Bundestag: Alexander Neu, Alexander Ulrich, Amira Mohamed Ali, André Hahn, Andreas Wagner, Anton Friesen, Brigitte Freihold, Canan Bayram, Chris Kühn, Christine Buchholz, Diether Dehm, Eva Maria Schreiber, Fabio de Masi, Gregor Gysi, Harald Weinberg, Heike Hänsel, Jutta Krellmann, Manuela Rottmann, Margit Stumpp, Pascal Meiser, Sabine Zimmerman, Sevim Dagdelen, Sören Pellmann, Stefan Gelbhaar, Sylvia Gabelmann, Thomas Nord, Ulla Jelpke, Zaklin Nastic, Berivan Aymaz, Dietmar Bartsch, Sevim Dagdelen, Bjan Djir-Sarai, Katrin Göring-Eckardt, Gregor Gysi, Heike Hänsel, Frank Heinrich, Wolfgang Kubicki, Karl Lauterbach, Cem Özdemir, Sabine Poschmann, Claudia Roth, Frank Schwabe, Margit Stumpp, Sahra Wagenknecht Others: Gerhart Baum (former Federal Minister of the Interior), Anke Brunn (former State Minister of Science), Herta Däubler-Gmelin (former Federal Minister of Justice), Petra Erler (former Head of Cabinet EU-Commission), Gabriel (former Federal Foreign Minister), Serap Guler (State Secretary for Integration), Robert Habeck (Chairman of the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party), Oskar Lafontaine (former Federal Minister of Finance), Klaus Lederer (Mayor and cultural and European leader of Berlin), Renate Schmidt (former Federal Minister of Health), Hans-Christian Ströbele (former Member of the Bundestag), Wolfgang Thierse (Former President of the German Bundestag), Günter Verheugen (former Minister of State, former Vice President of the EU -Commission), Antje Vollmer (former Vice-President of the German Bundestag), Norbert Walter-Borjans (chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany), Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (former Federal Minister for Economic Development) Greece: Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister MeRA25 and SYRIZA parties (95 MPs total) Iceland: MPs: Helga Vala Helgadóttir, Guomundur Andri Thorsson, Ari Trausti Guomundsson, Halldóra Mogensen, þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir, Björn Leví Gunnarsson, Andrés Ingi Jónsson, Hanna Katrín Frioriksson, Jón Steindór Valdimarsson, Inga Sæland Ögmundur Jónasson, former Minister of Interior, honorary associate of P.A.C.E.	Italy MPs: Francesca Businarolo, Gianni Marilotti, Ignazio Corrao, Maurizio Buccarella, Mirella Liuzzi, Piernicola Pedicini, Pino Cabras. Norway MPs: Bjørnar Moxnes, Carl-Erik Grimstad, Freddy André Øvstegård. Slovenia Pirate Party Individuals: Franco Juri (former MP and ambassador to Spain and Cuba), Gregor Golobic (former president of Zares party), Jozef Školc (former President of the National Assembly), Marko Pušnik and Patrik Kristl (board of directors Pirate Party), Jadranka Šturm Kocjan (former MP and amabassador to 6 countries), Slavoj Zizek (former presidential candidate for Liberal Democratic Party), Spomenka Hribar (co-founder of Democratic Union Party). Spain José Luis Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain (2004-2011) Cortes Generales: Enrique Fernando Santiago, Txema Guijarro García. Switzerland City of Geneva Frédérique Perle, Mayor of Geneva Members of National Council: Cédric Wermuth, Stéfanie Prezioso Other parliamentarians: Jean Batou, Jean Burgermeister, Pierre Bayenet, Raphael Mahaim, René Brigger Others: Eric Bertinat (Secretary General, UDC Party, and municipal counselor-Geneva); Voviane Prats (municipal counselor-Lausanne); Anne Mahrer, Carlo Sommaruga, Guy Mettan, Jean Rossiaud and Josef Zisayadis (former parliamentarians) UK MPs: Diane Abbott, Tahir Ali, Apsana Begum, Mhairi Black, Christine Blower, Alan Brown, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Joanna Cherry, Jeremy Corbyn, David Davis, Martyn Day, George Foulkes, Ben Lake, Grahame Morris, Neale Hanvey, John Hendy, Ian Lavery, Clive Lewis, Rebecca Long Bailey, Caroline Lucas, Kenny MacAskill, John McDonnell, Ian Mearns, Grahame Morris, Kate Osborne, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Gavin Robinson, Liz Saville Roberts, Tommy Sheppard, Prem Sikka, Zarah Sultana, Jon Trickett, Claudia Webbe, Mick Whitley Others: Chris Williamson (former MP), Joti Brar (Deputy Leader of the Workers Party) Australia (some opposed to U.S. extradition only) Parliament: Anthony Albanese, Bridget Archer, Adam Bandt, Carol Brown, George Christensen, Richard Di Natale, Justine Elliot, Jason Falinski, Mehreen Faruqi, Steve Georganas, Stirling Griff, Helen Haines, Sarah Hanson-Young, Julian Hill, Barnaby Joyce (Deputy Prime Minister), Peter Khalil, Nick McKim, Rex Patrick, Janet Rice, Rebekha Sharkie, Rachel Siewert, Jordan Steele-John, Zali Steggall, Susan Templeman, Maria Vamvakinou, Larissa Waters, Andrew Wilkie, Peter Whish-Wilson, Josh Wilson, Tony Zappia Former MPs: Arthur Chesterfield-Evans, Scott Ludlam. Argentina Alberto Fernández, former President (2019) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, former President (2007-15) and VP (2019) Congress: Fabiana Rios, Fernanda Vallejos, Florencia Juana Saintout, Francisco Durañona, Jorge Enrique Taiana, Oscar Alberto Laborde, Pablo Bergel, Maria Rachid Others: Gabriel Mariotto (former vice governor Buenos Aires), Horacio Chique (Councillor of Moreno FDT), Marcelo Brignoni and María José Lubertini (former congressmen), María Cristina Perceval (Permanent Rep to UN), Alberto Rodríguez Saá (Governor of San Luis), Alicia Castro (Ambassador to Russia), Carlos Alfonso Tomada (Legislator of City of Buenos Aires), Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta (Minister of Women, Genders and Diversity), Felipe Solá (Minister of Foreign Affairs), Fernando Solanas (Ambassador to UNESCO)	Bolivia Morales Ayma, former President (2006-2019) David Choquehuanca, Vice President (2020-) Álvaro García Linera, former VP (2006-2019) Adriana Salvatierra, President of Senate Brazil Dilma Rousseff, former President (2011-2016) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former President (2003-2010) Federal Congressman: Áurea Carolina, David Miranda, Edmilson Rodrigues, Fernanda Melchionna, Glauber Braga, Ivan Valente, Luiza Erundina, Marcelo Freixo, Talíria Petrone, Wadih Damous Others: Aloizio Mercadante (former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation); Celso Nunez Amorim (former Ambassador to the UK), Fernando Haddad (former Minister of Education, former Mayor São Paulo), Andréia de Jesus Silva (state congresswoman), Tarso Genrom (former Minister for Justice), Tereza Campello (former Minister of Social Development and Fight against Hunger), José Eduardo Cardozo (former Minister of Justice and Attorney General), Alexandre Padilha (former Minister of Health, former Minister of Industrial Relations) Chile José Miguel Insulza (senator, former Secretary General of the Organization of American States), Alejandro Navarro (senator); Marco Enríquez-Ominami (former congressman, founder of Fundación Progresa), Camilo Lagos (President of Progressive Party), Carlos Ominami (former Minister of Economy) Columbia Ernesto Samper, former President (1994-1998) Clara López Obregón, former Minister of Labour and Mayor of Bogotá Dominican Republic Leonel Fernández, former President (1996-2012) Ecuador Rafael Correa, former President (2007-2017) Fidel Ernesto Naváez (former Ecuadorian Consul and First Secretary in the UK), Gabriela Rivadeneira (former President of the National Assembly), Guillaume Long (former Rep to UN), Ricardo Armando Patiño Aroca (former Minister of Foreign Affairs) Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President (2018-) Beatriz Paredes (Senator), Carlos Sotelo García and Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (former Senators), Zoé Robledo Aburto (former Secretary of Human Rights), Maximiliano Reyes (Undersecretary for Latin America and Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Panama Martín Torrijos, former President (2004-2009) Paraguay Fernando Lugo, former President (2008-2012) Esperanza Martínez, Senator Peru Verónika Mendoza, former congresswoman Uruguay José (Pepe) Mujica, former President (2010-2015) Daniel Martínez, former Senator Venezuela Nicolas Maduro Moros, President (2019-) Jorge Arreaza, Minister of Foreign Affairs New Zealand Matthew Robson, former Minister of Courts United States Current House members: Thomas Massie, Barbara Lee Former House members: Tulsi Gabbard, Justin Amash, Ron Paul Former Senator: Mike Gravel