Rogers Waters Plays “Wish You Were Here” At Julian Assange Rally

12:22 PM EDT on September 3, 2019

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 2019/09/02: Roger Waters performs during the Don’t Extradite Assange rally in London.
Julian Assange supporters rally outside the British Home Secretary office building to demand the freedom of Assange and the no extradition to the US, during the rally, Roger Waters performed his Pink Floyd song Wish You Were Here, the journalist and documentary filmmaker John Pilger and Gabriel Assange gave a speech in solidarity with Julian Assange. (Photo by Andres Pantoja/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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On Monday, Roger Waters participated in a rally outside London's Home Office in support of releasing Julian Assange, who has been in jail since May after being kicked out of the Ecuadorian embassy where he resided for seven years under political asylum.

The Pink Floyd member called for the release of the Wikileaks founder, per The Irish Examiner, addressing the crowd that was gathered there by saying: "How do we put ourselves in the position of a Julian Assange in solitary confinement, or with that kid in Syria or Palestine or Rohingya, being blown to bits by these people in this building here?"

He performed Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here," off the band's 1975 album of the same name, at the rally as well. Watch footage of Waters' appearance below.

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