NEW YORK CITY: Julian Assange's father and brother said on Friday (Saturday in Manila) they were counting on European lawmakers to stop the United Kingdom from extraditing the WikiLeaks founder to the United States, and welcomed a promise of citizenship by French leftist politician Jean-Luc Melenchon.
"I think there's a great chance of stopping this extradition. We have great support among the European nations," said Gabriel Shipton, Assange's brother, at a press briefing outside the British consulate in New York City.
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