Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been in custody since April 2019 – the United States is demanding extradition from Great Britain. His supporters believe that an example should be made of him.
Before an important court date in the dispute over the extradition of Julian Assange to the USA, the organization Reporters Without Borders has called for the release of the Wikileaks founder.
“We call on the Home Secretary to act in accordance with Britain’s commitment to defending press freedom and to refuse extradition,” said the organization’s London representative, Rebecca Vincent, of the German Press Agency. Assange, who has been imprisoned for more than three years, must be released from prison immediately. The case of the 50-year-old had once again become a political decision.
Julian Assange was arrested in April 2019 after spending years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The US judiciary wants to put the 50-year-old on trial for allegations of espionage. He faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted.
He is accused of having stolen and published secret material from US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan together with whistleblower Chelsea Manning, thereby endangering the lives of US informants. His supporters, on the other hand, see him as an investigative journalist who has brought war crimes to light and who is now to be made an example of.
The legal tug-of-war over a possible extradition to the USA has been going on for around two years now. The British Supreme Court had recently dismissed an appeal against the extradition of the native Australian. The extradition order is now to be issued on Wednesday, which will then be sent to the British Home Secretary, Priti Patel. Assange’s lawyers then have four weeks to present grounds for objection. Ultimately, the decision rests with Patel.
Source: Stern
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