Julian Assange supporters protest against US extradition in London, DC: 'crucial that we fight'

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Hundreds of supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange gathered in London and Washington, D.C., on Saturday to demand the U.S. government end its efforts to extradite him over the publication of classified documents. 

Assange, who is currently being held at London’s high-security Belmarsh Prison, will face espionage charges if he is extradited to the U.S. He is accused of publishing information detailing crimes committed by the U.S. government in the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, Iraq and Afghanistan, and reveals instances in which the CIA engaged in torture and rendition.

Britain's High Court ruled over the summer that Assange can be extradited to the U.S.

Supporters in London on Saturday formed a human chain outside Britain's parliament that stretched from its perimeter railings and across nearby Westminster Bridge to the other side of the River Thames.

JULIAN ASSANGE EXTRADITION TO US APPROVED BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT

Assange, who is currently being held at London’s high-security Belmarsh Prison, will face espionage charges if he is extradited to the U.S. (FOX News Digital/Landon Mion)

Assange's wife Stella said the British government should speak to U.S authorities to stop the extradition attempts.

"It's already gone on for three and a half years. It is a stain on the United Kingdom and is a stain on the Biden administration," she said.

In the U.S., supporters of the Australian-born activist gathered outside the Justice Department to call on the federal government to drop its extradition bid. The protestors said they hope Assange never steps foot on U.S. soil and that he would not be treated fairly by the judicial system.

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