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Posting a short video of a sunrise, the first Baywatch The 53-year-old actress wrote: “A special sunrise for my dear friend #Julian Assange – (not to be extradited) stay tuned, the fight is not over – but, in a hopeful breath – I can only imagine Julian cut, still in that mask), taking that breath … #human rights #freespeech #pardonassange “
A British judge rejected the United States’ request to extradite Assange on Monday (January 4), arguing that his mental health would be in danger if he were transferred to a US prison and that he could attempt to take his own life.
Assange has been detained for more than 18 months in a London prison.
Anderson has been a staunch supporter of Assange since posting a military video of an Apache helicopter airstrike in 2007 near Baghdad that killed a dozen civilians.
The two met later in 2014 at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. In March 2019, it was speculated that they were romantically involved.
Anderson recently spoke with the New York Post on how President Donald Trump should forgive Assange. “Everybody should ask Mr. Trump to forgive him,” he said. “Anyone with influence should stand up for their freedom because it is our freedom too. Get on Twitter and start a storm of requests.”
He went on, arguing that US prosecutors should “drop the charges.”
“Stop this pursuit of a man who was brave enough to stand up for the right thing,” he said. “We can be part of his release. We just need to have the courage that he had and speak up.”
Assange, 49, founded WikiLeaks in 2006. After a series of leaks in 2010, which included the aforementioned Baghdad attack (also known as the “Collateral Murder” video), records of the Afghanistan war, records of the Iraq War and Cablegate, USA The government launched a criminal investigation against Wikileaks.
In April 2019, the United States charged Assange with “conspiracy to commit a computer intrusion”, with a maximum sentence of five years. In May 2019, the federal government charged Assange with 17 counts under the Espionage Act for his role in publishing classified military and diplomatic cables.
The United States has said it will continue its efforts to extradite Assange.
The court will meet later this week to consider his bond.
