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Thousands gather for human chain around parliament against extradition of Julian Assange
A section of the human chained around Parliament on Saturday [Ceren Sagir]

THOUSANDS of campaigners joined MPs over the weekend to form a human chain around Parliament and protest against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

A chain of protesters snaked along Westminster Bridge on Saturday, along South Bank and back around Lambeth bridge completely surrounding the Houses of Parliament.

Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn linked arms with fellow MP Claudia Webbe and former Unite leader Len McCluskey in the chain.

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