On Feb 5, 2016, at 3:18 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
> We're planning to do a MoveOn petition calling on the US government to drop
> its investigation and threats of prosecution against Julian Assange and
> WikiLeaks in light of the UN decision that Assange is arbitrarily detained
> in London.
But the UN decision has nothing at all to do with the US espionage accusation, which has always been entirely outrageous.
>
> Here is the petition text:
>
> "Following the decision of the UN working group on arbitrary detention that
> WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being arbitrarily detained in London,
> we call on the U.S. government to drop all threats of prosecution against
> Assange and WikiLeaks for publishing U.S. government documents, and to
> commit to not seek Assange's extradition to the United States."
>
> We would like to have some "initial signers" on our petition. If you'd like
> to be an "initial signer," please fill out the google form here with your
> name and ID.
>
> http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/free-assange-end-us-prosecution
>
> Feel free to forward this where appropriate. Once we have some initial
> list, the petition will go live and we'll stop adding people by hand -
> after that people can sign the petition normally online.
>
> ===
>
> Robert Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> (202) 448-2898 x1
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