Speaking outside the courthouse after the hearing, journalist John Pilger called the legal assault on Assange a "deliberate action of a rogue state, a state that ignores its own laws and international law."
John Pilger outside Westminster court denounced the brutal treatment of Assange as the actions of a "rogue state"@ SEP_Britain# DontExtraditeAssange
"There were people crying in the gallery," said Assange supporter Emmy Butlin. "He is like a ghost. He could hardly talk. He's dying."
Australian MPs Back Assange
Meanwhile in Assange's native Australia, members of Parliament have demanded that Assange be returned to his country.
MP Andrew Wilkie told the House of Representatives last week that Assange is "an Australian citizen and must be treated like any other Australian. He was not in the U.S. when he provided evidence of U.S. war crimes in Iraq. He can't possibly have broken their laws."
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