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Timeline on Julian Assange, the Australian founder of WikiLeaks. A British judge on Monday ruled that he should not be extradited to the US to face espionage charges.
District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said the 49-year-old Australian publisher faced 'oppressive' conditions in maximum-security isolation if detained in the US.
Julian Assange faces 18 charges in the US relating to the 2010 release by WikiLeaks of 500,000 secret files detailing aspects of military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who was not in court on Thursday, has repeatedly raised fears about catching the virus in the high-security prison in southeast London where he is being held on remand.
The hearing at the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, is due to last three to four weeks. It had been due to go ahead in April but was delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Assange (48) faces 18 counts in the US including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law for publishing thousands of classified diplomatic cables. He faces decades in prison if convicted.
Dupond-Moretti told Europe 1 radio that Assange’s legal team would be in contact with French President Emmanuel Macron to make the case for Assange to get asylum in France.
The decision likely ends the threat of extradition to Sweden for the whistleblower, who is wanted by the US on espionage charges and is currently being held at a British high-security prison.
Assange, 48, faces 18 counts in the US including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law. He could spend decades in prison if convicted.
Assange (47) faces 18 counts in the US including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law. He could spend decades in prison if convicted.
The 47-year-old was due to appear in a London court later Friday via video link, as he sought to avoid being forcibly taken to the US.
Asked if she wanted the Kardashian to help Assange, Anderson said: "He needs all the help he can get."
The United States has requested the extradition of Assange, who was dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London on 11 April.
The department unveiled 17 new charges against Assange, accusing him of directing and abetting intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in stealing secret US files, and also recklessly exposing confidential sources in the Middle East and China who were named in the files.
If granted, the court order would be the first step in a process to have Assange extradited from Britain, where he is serving a 50-week sentence for skipping bail.
Timeline on Julian Assange after Swedish authorities reopened a 2010 rape investigation against the WikiLeaks founder.
The United States is also seeking his extradition on conspiracy charges relating to the public release by Wikileaks of a cache of secret documents.
British police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the embassy in April after Ecuador withdrew his asylum after seven years.