In Brazil, Assange's father promotes doc onson's fight for freedom
almost 2 years in irish sun
John Shipton, the father of Australian journalist and activist Julian Assange, is in Brazil to promote the documentary Ithaka. The work shows Shipton's efforts to free his son, imprisoned in England since 2019. In an exclusive interview with TV Brasil, Shipton said he has been fighting vigorously against the possibility of Assange's extradition to the US, which he described as a "death sentence.