Day: 24 January 2022

British Court Hears Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange’s Appeal Against Extradition to US
News, UK, US

British Court Hears Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange’s Appeal Against Extradition to US

It may be a decisive twist in a legal saga that has been going on for years: London's High Court will hear on Monday a request to appeal to the Supreme Court against the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.   If he refuses, he threatens to be extradited to the United States. The United States accused the Australian of having released more than 700,000 classified documents about US military and diplomatic activities, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan, since 2010. As a result, there are a lot of charges against him, and he faces a total of up to 175 years in prison. According to his supporters, the case constitutes a severe attack on press freedom. At the beginning of last year, Judge Vanessa Baraitser had spoken out against the extradition of Assange. His mental heal...