If extradited to the U.S., Julian Assange faces a potential 175 years in prison for publishing classified information about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
A U.K. court ruled Monday that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against an order to be extradited to the United States after his lawyers argued that the U.S. provided 'blatantly inadequate' assurances that he would have free press protections there. The ruling came after the U.K. court in March requested U.S.
charges against Assange?WikiLeaks published thousands of leaked documents, many relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Assange is alleged to have conspired to obtain and disclose sensitive U.S. national defense information.In 2019, a federal grand jury in Virginia indicted Assange on 18 charges over the publication of classified documents. The charges include 17 counts of espionage and one charge of computer intrusion.
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