WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wins right to appeal extradition order to U.S.

A protester reads a newspaper outside the High Court in London, Monday, May 20, 2024. A British court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against an order that he be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges.WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has won a victory in his prolonged battle to avoid extradition to the United States to face criminal charges over the publication of thousands of classified documents.

Both sides accepted that Mr. Assange would not face the death penalty, but Mr. Assange’s lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald, argued on Monday that the assurances given by the U.S. government on the other two issues couldn’t be guaranteed. James Lewis, a lawyer representing the U.S. government, said the “judicial branch of the United States will take due notice of this solemn assurance given by its government in the course of international relations”.

Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning was given a 35-year sentence in 2010 for leaking the documents to Mr. Assange. Her sentence was commuted in 2017 by President Barack Obama, who called the punishment disproportionate.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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