WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted the right to appeal his extradition to the United States by London’s High Court on Monday as judges found assurances from the American legal team were unsatisfactory.
Therefore, the judges ruled that Assange’s appeal against the extradition to the United States could go forward.
The hearing on Monday centred around the issue of the First Amendment, with Assange’s lawyers accepting that Washington had provided an “unambiguous executive promise” not to seek the death penalty.
The United States has indicted Mr Assange on 17 counts of espionage and computer misuse, accusing him of collaborating with former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley Manning) to steal classified documents, which the U.S. has claimed endangered the lives of American intelligence officials and sources. The WikiLeaks founder faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted in the United States.
Extradition of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange to U.S. Delayed by British Judgeshttps://t.co/oBmGBZDD4v
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Speaking to Breitbart London in 2020, Assange’s father, John Shipton said: “I hope Americans look to their government and insist that their government follows the First Amendment thoroughly.”
Prior to the court ruling on Monday, Stella Assange, the wife of the WikiLeaks founder, told the BBC that the hearing would be “decisive” in the longstanding legal battle but vowed to “fight on until Julian is free”.
Following the ruling on Monday, Mr Assange will be given a few months to prepare his legal arguments for the extradition appeal, during which time he will remain in London’s Belmarsh prison where he has been held since 2019.
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