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Lula's London appeal for Assange's release shows ‘international clamour’ rising, say campaigners
Rishi Sunak with President of Brazil Lula da Silva in 10 Downing Street in London, May 5, 2023
BRAZILIAN President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva’s call for freedom for Julian Assange shows a rising “international clamour” for Britain to release the jailed journalist, campaigners say.
The socialist president spoke out in London during a trip to attend the coronation.
“It is an embarrassment that a journalist who denounced trickery by one state against another is arrested, condemned to die in jail and we do nothing to free him. It’s a crazy thing,” Lula told reporters after the ceremony.
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