Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a book as he calls for the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from a prison in London, during his daily news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, January 3, 2020. Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday called for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be released from prison in London, urging an end to what he described as his "torture" in detention.
Assange, 48, is in a British jail for skipping bail when he sought asylum in Ecuador's embassy in London, where he spent nearly seven years to avoid extradition to Sweden over allegations of rape that were dropped in November.
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