Shadow chancellor compares US extradition case to 19th-century treason trial
The US attempt to extradite
Julian Assange is the “the Dreyfus case of our age”, John McDonnell has said, as Europe’s human rights watchdog added her voice to opposition to the move.
The shadow chancellor paid a two-hour visit to see Assange in Belmarsh
prison in
London on Thursday and said Britain’s standing in the world would be severely damaged if the extradition went ahead