Demonstrators hold a placards that say “Free Julian Assange” and “Hands Off Assange” at Piccadilly Circus on April 17, 2021 in London, England. Supporters of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, have spent this week protesting around the capital marking two years since he was removed from the Ecuadorean Embassy and sent to prison. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

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UPDATED 6:16 PM PT – Monday, December 12, 2022

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange rallied outside of the British Embassy in New York. His supporters demanded an end to his prosecution and to let him go back home to Australia.

During the rally that occurred this past weekend, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters spoke out against the repressive globalist elite who erode the freedom of speech and push for wars around the world. Waters stressed that Assange’s prosecution violates freedom of the press and human rights.

“Without basic human rights, for all brothers and sisters all over the world, irrespective of their color, religion or nationality, we might as well all be alone,” Waters said. “That’s why we are standing shoulder to shoulder outside the British Embassy in New York City alongside our brother Julian Assange.”

Assange’s supporters said that they firmly oppose his pending extradition to the United States. They believe that the Biden administration must end his shameful persecution. Currently there is a resurgence of pressure on Biden to drop Assange’s drawn-out trial.

The Trump administration filed the initial charges against him in April 2019. The Department of Justice of the Biden administration is still pursuing them.

Assange is currently in London. He has been serving a prison sentence there since 2019.

The reconstructed remains of Pan Am flight 103 lie in a warehouse on January 15, 2008 in Farnborough, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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UPDATED 5:22 PM PT – Monday, December 12, 2022

The Libyan man responsible for making the bomb behind the December 1988 terrorist attack made his initial court appearance in.

On Monday, Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi was formally charged in connection with the Lockerbie bombing of 1988. He was informed of the three criminal counts that he has been charged with during his court appearance.

He chose not to enter a plea citing the need to retain counsel before the proceedings to which the judge granted.

Some of the charges include “destruction of aircraft resulting in death.” This carries the death penalty, a life sentence, and a fine of up to $250,000 or a combination of the prison sentence and fine.

The Lockerbie bombing took place in 1988 when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded 31,000 feet over Lockerbie, Scotland, 38 minutes after takeoff.

All 259 passengers and crew members aboard the New York-bound Boeing 747 were killed as well as 11 people that were on the ground.

Prosecutors stated that they do not plan to pursue the death penalty because the punishment was not constitutionally available when the crime was committed.

A pre-trial detention hearing has been scheduled for December 27th.