Support of Gary McKinnon

Gary McKinnon

Gary McKinnon faces the latest in a long series of court hearings on 25 and 26 May – three weeks after the UK general election.  Protest activity in different forms continues across the United Kingdom in support of Gary. Gary has Asperger’s syndrome – and he faces extradition to the US after admitting to hacking [...]

Hope for Gary McKinnon?

The situation for Asperger’s computer hacker Gary McKinnon took a turn for the better yesterday with the UK High Court concluded that extraditing Gary to the USA to face charges there may be a breach of his human rights. Gary McKinnon would face a prison sentence of up to sixty years if extradited to the [...]

Gary McKinnon

Good luck for tomorrow, Gary McKinnon!  At last count a couple of minutes ago, the “Save Gary McKinnon from Extradition” Facebook Page had a whopping 693,733 members.  That’s a lot of people who feel strongly about the prospect of a man with Asperger’s Syndrome being extradited from the UK to the USA for allegedly hacking into into [...]

Gary McKinnon

Anyone with even a passing interest in Twitter would be aware of the massive groundswell of support there for Gary McKinnon.  In a rough count over the past few hours, twitter posts with the hashtag #freegary have averaged around one every 90 seconds.  And the Free Gary McKinnon Facebook group has 8,291 members.  That adds [...]