Trump ‘Owes’ His Office to Assange: Wikileaks Supporters
TEHRAN (Basirat)- Supporters of WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange have spontaneously created several petitions on Change.org requesting that President-elect Donald Trump pardon the freedom of information activist.
Supporters say Assange and WikiLeaks proved instrumental to Trump’s victory, exposing the corruption of the Democrat presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
At least three petitions have been
created on Change.org in the past twenty-four hours, including one from
the UK, which has already collected over 7,000 signatures, and two
others.
The petitions are simple, asking Trump to "please pardon Julian Assange” and to "end his imprisonment.”
The most popular petition stresses that Assange, who "has shown a bright light on the corruption of those who presume to rule us…must be granted a presidential pardon absolving him of any crimes alleged against him. He is a hero and must be honored as such.”
Thousands of people have also taken to social media calling on the President-elect to free the activist from his refuge in the Ecuador Embassy in London, where he has been effectively incarcerated, on threat of extradition to the US, since August 2012.
