HOW anyone can see the arrest of Julian Assange in London as anything other than an affront to human decency is beyond me. Here is a whistleblower par excellence who should be in line for a Nobel prize but is instead in a British criminal court facing extradition to the US for revealing what many will regard as state-sponsored war crimes. This present UK Westminster administration has numerous iniquities to its name, not least its armaments supply role in the massacres of civilians in Yemen, but glorying in the arrest of Mr Assange must come near the top of its infamy list.

If mankind has any moral credence left then those who are willing and able to put a beam of light on conduct by countries that violate human rights, international codes of conduct, and general standards of civilised behaviour must be seen as worthy individuals who deserve to be rewarded and most assuredly not punished. Little wonder the US decided not to be a member of the International Criminal Court, but instead to be a loud inciter for other nations to be prosecuted by that same body. As for the UK carrying out America’s “dirty work”, this is what their treatment of Julian Assange in London amounts to.

America has to be better than this. There has to be many Americans who ARE better than this. It would be refreshing to see their views represented here in the UK along with fellow UK folk who don’t share this Westminster government’s joy in Mr Assange’s arrest.

Ian Johnstone
Peterhead