Pismo podrške osnivaču WikiLeaksa i peticiju kojom se apelira na ekvadorskog predsjednika Rafaela Correu da Julianu Assangeu odobri politički azil, potpisali su najugledniji američki intelektualci, između ostalih Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, Oliver Stone, uz poznate javne osobe kao što je Danny Glover, poznata spisateljica Naomi Wolf i ostali.

Pismo podrške vodećih američkih intelektualaca, zajedno s peticijom koju je potpisalo više od četiri tisuće Amerikanaca predano je ekvadorskoj ambasadi u Londonu u ponedjeljak.

U pismu podrške ističe se da potpisnici vjeruju kako Assange ima dobre razloge da se plaši izručenja iz Velike Britanije Švedskoj jer postoji velika vjerojatnost da će iz Švedske biti najvjerojatnije predan Sjedinjenim Državama, gdje bi se mogao suočiti sa smrtnom kaznom, ako bude optužen na temelju Zakona o špijunaži.

"Pozivamo vas da odobrite Assangeu politički azil jer je jedini njegov 'zločin' to što se bavi novinarstvom”, navodi se u pismu ekvadorskom predsjedniku.
"Budući da je ovo jasan slučaj napada na slobodu tiska i na pravo da javnost zna važne istine o američkoj vanjskoj politici i zbog ozbiljnih prijetnji njegovoj dobrobiti, mi vas pozivamo da dodijelite gospodinu Assangeu politički azil."

Ekvadorska veleposlanica u Velikoj Britaniji, Anna Alban, je otputovala u Ekvador, kako bi Correu izvijestila o zahtjevu i peticiji za Assangea, gdje će održati niz sastanaka u Ministarstvu vanjskih poslova, kako javlja Guardian.

Neka od najuglednijih imena - potpisnici peticije:

• Michael Moore, Film Director
• Danny Glover, Film Director
• Oliver Stone, Film Director
• Bill Maher, Comedian, Television Host, Political Commentator, Author
• Naomi Wolf, Author
• Daniel Ellsberg, Vietnam War Whistleblower
• Glenn Greenwald, Constitutional lawyer and columnist, Salon.com
• Noam Chomsky
• Patch Adams, MD
• Chris Hedges, Journalist
• Jemima Khan, British Writer and Campaigner
• Coleen Rowley, retired FBI agent & former Minneapolis Division Legal Counsel, one of three “whistleblowers” named Time Magazine’s “Persons of the Year” in 2002
• Ann Wright, US Army Colonel (Retired) and former US diplomat
• Ray McGovern, Former U.S. Army officer and longtime senior CIA analyst (ret.)
• Thomas Drake, NSA Whistleblower, Bill of Rights Activist
• Linda Lewis, Board Member, Whistleblower Support Fund
• Kent Spriggs, Guantanamo habeas counsel
• Jesselyn Radack, National Security & Human Rights Director, Government Accountability Project
• Jacob Appelbaum, Developer, The Tor Project
• Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research
• Medea Benjamin, Cofounder, Global Exchange
• Kathy Kelly, Co-coordinator, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
• Kevin Martin, Executive Director, Peace Action
• Mark Johnson, Executive Director, Fellowship of Reconciliation
• Denis J. Halliday, UN Assistant Secretary-General 1994-98. National of Ireland
• Leslie Cagan, co-founder, United for Peace and Justice
• Bill Fletcher, Jr., Co-author, "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice"
• Kevin Gosztola, writer for Firedoglake, co-author, Truth & Consequences: The US vs. Bradley Manning
• Russ Wellen, Foreign Policy in Focus
• James Early, Board Member, Institute for Policy Studies
• Jim Naureckas, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
• Sam Husseini, Director, Washington Office of the Institute for Public Accuracy
• Robert Naiman, Policy Director, Just Foreign Policy
• Jane Hirschmann, Jews Say No! New York, organizer, U.S. Boat to Gaza
• Richard Levy, lawyer, passenger, U.S. Boat to Gaza
• Helaine Meisler, Orton-Gillingham Learning Specialist, Helaine Meisler Learning Center, Woodstock, New York
• Laurie Arbeiter, Artist/Activist, WE WILL NOT BE SILENT
• Johnny Barber, Photographer/Activist
• Gail Miller, Social Worker/Activist, Women of a Certain Age
• Carol Murry, Doctor of Public Health, Hawaii
• Libor Von Schönau, OccupyWallStreet Legal, New York
• Charlotte Wiktorsson, Doctor, Sweden
• David K. Schermerhorn, Deer Harbor, WA, passenger, U.S. Boat to Gaza
• Hedy Epstein, St. Louis, passenger, U.S. Boat to Gaza
• Paki Wieland, MA, passenger, U.S. Boat to Gaza
• Felice Gelman, Jews Say No!, New York
• Linda Durham, Founder, The Wonder Institute
• Winston Weeks, Policy Analyst, Citizens Education Project, Salt Lake City, UT
• Ellen Barfield, Veterans For Peace
• Gar W. Lipow, journalist, member of Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace, author of Solving the Climate Crisis through Social Change
• Stephen Sander, Lawyer, Sydney, Australia
• Mayo C. Toruño, Professor and Chair, Economics Department, California State University, San Bernardino
• Julio Huato, Associate Professor of Economics, St. Francis College
• Michael Brun, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Illinois State University
• James G. Devine, Professor of Economics, Loyola Marymount University
• Michael A Lebowitz, Professor Emeritus, Economics (Canada)
• Marta Harnecker, writer (Chile)
• Dana Frank, Professor, Department of History, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Adrienne Pine, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, American University
• Miguel Tinker Salas, Professor, Latin American History, Pomona College
• Steve Ellner, Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University/Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela
• Marc Becker, Professor of Latin American History, Truman State University
• Dr Francisco Dominguez, Head of Centre for Brazilian and Latin American Studies, Middlesex University, London, UK
• Peter Hallward, Professor of Philosophy, Kingston University London
• Doug Hertzler, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Eastern Mennonite University
• Arturo Escobar, Dept. of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Carolyn Eisenberg, Professor of US Foreign Policy, Hofstra University
• Vijay Prashad, Professor of International Studies, Trinity College, USA
• T.M. Scruggs, Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa
• Ellen Schrecker, Professor of History, Yeshiva University
• Antonia Darder, Leavey Endowed Chair of Ethics and Moral Leadership, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
• Demetra Evangelou, Professor, Purdue University
• Gilbert G. Gonzalez, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Irvine
• Renate Bridenthal, Professor (retired), City University of New York
• A. Belden Fields, Professor Emeritus, Political Science, University of Illinois
• C. G. Estabrook, Visiting Professor (retired), University of Illin