Julian Assange wins right to appeal against extradition: how did we get here and what happens next?

A protester outside the high court in London on Monday. The court has ruled that Julian Assange can appeal against an order that he be extradited to the US on espionage charges.A protester outside the high court in London on Monday. The court has ruled that Julian Assange can appeal against an order that he be extradited to the US on espionage charges. at leastin his long-running legal battle against US attempts to extradite him from the UK to face trial on espionage charges.

The US wants to extradite Assange to face 18 charges – all except one under the Espionage Act – over WikiLeaks’s release of those thousands of records. The US has said that the leaking of confidential documents imperilled the lives of its agents.US authorities succeeded in 2021 in overturning a decision by a judge in a lower British court who ruled that Assange should not be sent to the US and citied a real and “oppressive” risk of suicide.

On Monday, judges granted permission for Assange to mount his challenge over the freedom of speech and nationality points, meaning he will be able to bring the appeal. His legal team accepted an assurance he would not face the death penalty was an “unambiguous executive promise”.Assange’s supporters say that the case against him is politically motivated, having been resurrected under the administration of Donald Trump after Barack Obama dropped it.

In April 2019, he was forcibly dragged from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he was seeking refuge, bringing to an end an extraordinary seven-year diplomatic stalemate. Ecuador had granted him asylum, saying there were fears his human rights might be violated if he was extradited to Sweden to face a rape allegation.

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