WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be allowed to appeal his extradition to the U.S., a U.K. court ruled on Monday.
Two High Court judges in London issued the ruling Monday, May 20, after Assange’s legal team raised concerns over some of the assurances the U.S. government made about the protections he would receive if he were extradited. The decision was a major win for Assange after a previous judge rejected his effort to appeal. in 2010.
Furthermore, Assange’s legal team raised the issue that there was always the possibility that a U.S. court could rule Assange was not entitled to first amendment protections because he is a foreigner. They also highlighted the “deafening silence” from U.S. prosecutors over where Assange would stand trial.
A lawyer representing the American government had tried to push back, arguing that Assange would not be discriminated against because of his nationality, and that, ultimately, the case wasn’t a free speech matter anyway. “Neither US citizens nor foreign citizens, are entitled to rely on the first amendment in relation to publication of illegally obtained national defense information giving the names of innocent sources to their grave and imminent risk of harm,” the lawyer wrote.
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