Twenty-four members of UK Parliament have called on President Joe Biden to drop the US pursuit of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. A letter from the MPs was sent to Biden on Friday as the president attends the G-7 summit in Cornwall.

It takes aim at Biden’s predecessor for indicting Assange and calls on the president “to drop this prosecution.”

“We hope that your administration will become a staunch ally of all those working to roll back the shadow of criminalization against journalists,” the letter says, citing the US First Amendment.

The letter points out that as vice president in 2011 Biden opposed Assange’s prosecution.

https://www.nationandstate.com/2021/06/13/with-biden-in-uk-24-members-of-parliament-demand-he-let-assange-go/