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Post by Admin on Jun 19, 2019 18:14:51 GMT
Julian Assange is set to appear before a British court early next year in a hearing on whether the WikiLeaks founder should be extradited to the U.S., a judge in London ruled on Friday. The charges Assange faces include conspiring to hack government computer networks. He will have the hearing in February, which could last for several days. Via video link to a courtroom on Friday, Assange defended himself against allegations that he illegally revealed classified government and military information by saying, "WikiLeaks is nothing but a publisher," according to the BBC. A gray-bearded Assange, who is 47, is being held at a maximum-security prison on the outskirts of London. Assange is receiving medical care because of unspecified health complications associated with longterm confinement, first in the Ecuadorean Embassy and now in prison, his lawyer Jennifer Robinson told reporters.
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Post by Admin on Jun 21, 2019 21:19:49 GMT
Sweden's prosecution authority says it would not appeal a court ruling that rejects a formal request to detain WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while a rape allegation is investigated. Assange, an Australian national, is currently serving a 50-week sentence in Britain for skipping bail after spending seven years holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden. Sweden wants to question Assange over the allegation, made in 2010, but cannot request his extradition from Britain without a detention order and a European Arrest Warrant. "Work is now focused on assessing the evidence in the investigation through holding certain complementary interviews," Deputy Director of Public Prosecution Eva-Marie Persson said in a statement. On June 3, the Uppsala District Court said the investigation could proceed without Assange being ordered detained.
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Post by Admin on Jun 17, 2022 17:44:13 GMT
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US has been approved by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. Mr Assange has 14 days to appeal over the decision, the Home Office said. It said the courts found extradition would not be "incompatible with his human rights" and that while in the US "he will be treated appropriately". Mr Assange is wanted by the American authorities over documents leaked in 2010 and 2011, which the US says broke the law and endangered lives. The Wikileaks documents related to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The Australian is being held at Belmarsh prison in London after mounting a lengthy battle to avoid being extradited. Extradition allows one country to ask another to hand over a suspect to face trial. Responding to the home secretary's order, Wikileaks confirmed it would appeal against her decision. Mr Assange's wife, Stella, said her husband had done "nothing wrong" and "he has committed no crime". "He is a journalist and a publisher, and he is being punished for doing his job," she said. Media company Wikileaks is a whistle-blowing platform that publishes classified material provided by anonymous sources. This decision is the most important stage so far in Mr Assange's long legal battle. Judges in London have already ruled that the US's request was lawful and that the American authorities would care for him properly in prison. Now, the home secretary has carried out her role in the complicated legal process by signing off the US request. Her officials said she was legally bound to do so because Mr Assange does not face the death penalty - nor does his case fall into the other narrow range of categories for her to refuse to approve the transfer. In practice, this means there is nothing to stop Washington sending a jet to pick up Mr Assange - unless he can win on appeal.
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Post by Admin on Feb 15, 2024 18:12:38 GMT
The family of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, who is being held in custody in the United Kingdom, held a press conference to express their heartbreak. A hearing will be held next week on whether to extradite him to the United States.
Assange's wife Stella "My husband doesn't have much time left. He has already spent five years in a maximum security prison."
In 2010, Defendant Assange released confidential materials related to the US war in Iraq and other matters through the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Assange with illegally obtaining passwords to access government computers and is requesting that Assange be extradited to the UK, where he was detained.
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