WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has the right to appeal against his extradition to the U.S., a high court in London found Monday.
A U.K. court earlier this year said the U.S. must show that Assange would be allowed to rely on the First Amendment right to free speech, among other assurances.
LONDON — and faces up to 175 years in prison. The charges are linked to WikiLeaks publishing hundreds of thousands of leaked confidential military diplomatic files on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.These included that Assange would be able to rely on the First Amendment right to free speech during a trial, and that, as an Australian, he would be granted the same First Amendment protections as a U.S. citizen. The U.K. court also requested assurances that Assange would not face the death penalty.
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