The event will be hosted on the Wistaverse, a global platform for protest in the metaverse, and organised by the Don’t Extradite Assange Campaign, a body that is working with Assange and his family.
The event will feature a pre-recorded speech by Assange, and also speeches by Stella Assange, WikiLeaks co-founder and editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson and former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
The Wistaverse is a not-for-profit protocol hosted on the Polygon blockchain and the rally will take place within a virtual auditorium designed to look like the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
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"At that time, the inaugural protest was an event organized by Amnesty International in support of abortion rights worldwide.
"Now, we trust that the event this Saturday will set a signal and focus all eyes on freedom of speech to support that cause. The new Web3 technologies are enabling unprecedented participation and the opportunity for everyone to shape worldwide governance.”
Assange is still being held in the UK's Belmarsh maximum security jail as he awaits the outcome of a second appeal to the UK High Court against an extradition order.
In June, the Australian lost his first appeal against the order that aims to send him to the US for trial over alleged espionage charges.
The second appeal was filed on 13 June. Since then his wife, father and brother have been campaigning for his release.