Have a listen to Julie Hyland (she is awesome), compares the kid gloves treatment of Pinochet to the treatment handed out to Assange. Not the best audio unfortunately, but you get the message.
Among those speaking in defence of Assange were Craig Murray, the former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan, and Lauri Love, the young British citizen who was accused by the US government of hacking FBI and NASA computers and who fought his extradition from the UK. Love explained how his family and supporters waged a successful campaign against his extradition, which he finally won this year.
Julie Hyland, the assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK) spoke, receiving rounds of applause and the loudest cheers of the evening from the audience. The text of Hyland’s speech is published below.
On Thursday, there will be further reports including interviews with those attending the London vigil.
“On behalf of the World Socialist Web Site and the Socialist Equality Party, I want to extend our solidarity to Julian Assange and the demands for his freedom.
