WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has won a reprieve in his last ditch legal battle to avoid extradition to the US to face espionage charges.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange 's five-year battle against extradition to the US for espionage charges continues after he won a last-ditch legal battle to appeal.
Dame Victoria told the court they were not satisfied Assange was guaranteed protection under the First Amendment. Assange's lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald KC, said he was satisfied with assurances that if the WikiLeaks founder was extradited and convicted he would not face the death penalty. Assange declined to attend the hearing but Mrs Assange sat next to his father John Shipton in the well of court 4.
Supporters of Julian Assange cheered as news of the decision to allow his appeal against extradition to the United States filtered out of the courtroom. Among the supporters chanting 'Free Julian Assange' were former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Labour MP Apsana Begum. 'Well, the judges were not convinced. Everyone can see what is going on here. The United States' case is offensive.
'Everyone can see what should be done here. Julian must be freed. The case should be abandoned. He should be compensated. The 52-year-old was indicted by a US grand jury in 2018 on 17 espionage charges and a charge of unlawful use of a computer, which Assange's lawyers claim could see him sentenced to 175 years in jail.
He entered as a fugitive in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden on sexual assault charges, which he denied and which Sweden dropped in 2019. But the US continued to seek extradition and accuses him of publishing some 700,000 confidential documents relating to US military and diplomatic activities, starting in 2010.
The United States indicted Assange multiple times between 2018 and 2020 but President Joe Biden has faced persistent domestic and international pressure to drop the case filed under his predecessor Donald Trump. November 2010: Stockholm District Court approves a request to detain the WikiLeaks founder for questioning on suspicion of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion. An international arrest warrant is issued by Swedish police through Interpol.
September 16, 2016: Sweden's Court of Appeal rejects a bid by Assange to have his sex assault warrant dropped. August 15, 2017: Assange is allegedly offered a deal to avoid extradition in exchange for revealing the source of hacked Democratic Party emails to end speculation over Russian involvement. May 1, 2019: Assange is sentenced to 50 weeks' imprisonment by Southwark Crown Court. He continues to be held on remand in Belmarsh from September after serving the custodial sentence.February 24, 2020: Assange faces an extradition hearing at Woolwich Crown Court, where his representatives argue he cannot legally be handed to the US for 'political offences' because of a 2003 extradition treaty.
December 10, 2021: The US government wins its High Court bid to overturn the judge's decision not to extradite Assange.
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