Solidarity protest in Rome as Assange's extradition case to the US is heard in a British court

People take part in a protest for the freedom of Julian Assange and against his extradition, in Rome, Italy, on February 20, 2024. The WikiLeaks founder faces life imprisonment in the United States for publishing thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents in 2010, provided by US military whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Assange received asylum in Ecuador from 2012 to 2019 due to political persecution. Since 2019, he has been helded in London's Belmarsh prison while his extradition process to the United States is ongoing.