Priti Patel, hear this loud and clear: Assange must not be handed over to the US

A decision by the British home secretary is imminent. Extradition would set a disastrous precedent, writes Duncan Campbell

Protesters outside the United States Embassy in Rome in 2020. Picture: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

The British home secretary Priti Patel has to make one of the most important decisions of her career: will she bow to heavy pressure from the United States and send a vulnerable man who has been convicted of no crime to face an indeterminate number of years in an American jail where he may experience intimidation and isolation? 

Her decision is imminent and all other legal avenues have been explored.