Hundreds of people gathered in front of the British Home Office to protest against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US, denouncing it as "politically motivated" and a "grave threat to freedom of the press".
The LulzSec leader was cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the time, according to the statement.
Aziz is a writer, actor, and musician with a degree in civil engineering.
Marilyn Langlois, a community activist in San Francisco who used to work for the local government, said that she believed Assange had committed no crime and was being held unjustly and tortured in Britain.
The case is key to Assange's efforts to fight an extradition request by the US Justice Department which is pushing to have him put on trial for leaking hundreds of thousands of secret US military and diplomatic documents in 2010.
The 48-year-old Australian is fighting a US bid to extradite him from Britain on charges filed under the Espionage Act that could sentence him to 175 years in a US prison.
The decision likely ends the threat of extradition to Sweden for the whistleblower, who is wanted by the US on espionage charges and is currently being held at a British high-security prison.
His statement came after Assange's health had continued to deteriorate since his arrest, stressing that 'his life was now at risk.'
The 47-year-old Assange faces an 18-count indictment issued by the US Justices Department last month.
The 47-year-old was previously charged with working to hack a Pentagon computer system, in a secret indictment that was unveiled soon after his arrest in April.
