UK court wraps Assange extradition appeal hearing, opts against immediate ruling • FRANCE 24

Braving the London drizzle crowds of supporters demand freedom for Julian Assange on the final day of a crucial hearing some protesters had traveled from other parts of the UK and others had even come from abroad as the WikiLeaks founder made a last ditch bid to appeal extradition to the US it will

Be a crime if he is sent to the United States that would be a crime for which our government in the UK is responsible a journalist who exposes war crimes is criminalized himself and it’s just beyond outrageous and if we don’t if we if we tolerate

This it’s this is the slippery road to to crushing of of all descent Assange faces Espionage charges in the US over his website’s publication of a trove of classified us documents nearly 15 years ago which concerned the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan the 52-year-old who spent

The last 5 years in a high security prison was according to his family too unwell to attend the two-day session on Wednesday attorneys for the US said Assange put innocent lives at risk and went beyond journalism in his bid to solicit steal and indiscriminately publish the documents what they’re

Trying to argue is that state Secrets Trump revealing State crimes they want impunity they don’t want to be uh scrutinized and journalism stands in the way the judges overseeing the case reserved their decision and rulings not expected until March at the earliest if aange wins the case a full appeal

Hearing will be held if he loses his only remaining option would be at the European Court of Human Rights but supporters worry he could be sent to the US before that happens because the British government has already signed an extradition order

Britain’s High Court on Wednesday finished hearing two days of arguments over whether to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a fresh appeal against his extradition to the United States to face espionage charges.

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  4. It's not so much a matter of what was published by Assange the activist……it's how and where these files were obtained….if he's innocent in his own mind what's the big deal of defending oneself instead of dodging and weaving

  7. Whenever I see Free followed by someone's name it reminds me of the time when I was over in North London and I walked past a wall that someone had painted, Free Astrid Proll. Underneath someone else had added, with every two gallons. It imprinted instantly, what can I say. lol

  10. If the information Assange is responsible for merit life in jail then its equally attributable to the people its about resulting in them being in jail for life. But id put money on Assange being in a US jail for life and everyone else gets scott free.

  12. Julian has forgotten that the US are different from his very free homeland of Australia and that he is not allowed to report on US military atrocities such as the indiscriminate shooting of people on public streets from helicopters. Yes, Australia is a free country, in contrast to US!

    He is a real Aussie – Perhaps ancestors from Wales.

    By the way: 5 years in London-prison! ->“Mr Assange spent seven years in the embassy, and was regularly visited by celebrities including the singer Lady Gaga and the actor Pamela Anderson. In April 2019, Ecuador's new president Lenin Moreno ordered Mr Assange to leave“

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