The United States won an appeal this Friday before the London Court of Appeal against a ruling last January that had denied the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to that country. for suicide risk. The judges of this court have concluded that the US government has offered sufficient guarantees that Assange will receive adequate treatment to protect his mental health and have ruled that he can be extradited.
Specifically, Justice was satisfied with the commitment, on the part of the North American state, to not holding the activist in a maximum security prison and to be transferred to Australia – where Assange was born – to serve his sentence if he is finally found guilty. Thus, the ruling in favor of the US Government brings Assange a little closer to extradition. However, there are still obstacles to overcome.
Now, the case must be referred back to the Westminster Magistrates Court to decide whether or not Assange should be ultimately extradited to the United States. Additionally, your legal team can appeal the ruling. US authorities accuse the 50-year-old activist of numerous criminal charges. They want to prosecute him for 18 alleged crimes of espionage and computer intrusion for the revelations of his digital portal WikiLeaks, punished with up to 175 years in jail in that country.
In fact, the American authorities and other Western powers consider Assange a dangerous enemy whose leaks endangered the lives of, among others, the agents whose names appear in the leaked material. However, the activist’s supporters see him as an “anti-establishment” hero who has fallen victim to the United States for exposing the country’s malpractices in places like Afghanistan and Iraq.
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