The editors and publishers of five media organisations issued an open letter yesterday urging the US government to end its prosecution of Julian Assange.
The letter – signed by the Guardian, New York Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and El País – was issued on the 12-year anniversary of “Cablegate”, when Assange’s WikiLeaks released 2,51,000 confidential cables from the US state department. The five media outlets had published these documents and the revelations they contained.
