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Julian Assange to be deported to USA - Lilith7 - 20-06-2022
Not without a fight obviously. But it does take attention away from Boris Johnson's unpopularity at present.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59608641
[b]"Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited from the UK to the US, the High Court has ruled.[/b]
The US won its appeal against a January UK court ruling that he could not be extradited due to concerns over his mental health.
Judges were reassured by US promises to reduce the risk of suicide. His fiancee said they intended to appeal.
Mr Assange is wanted in the US over the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011.
Senior judges found the lower judge had based her decision in January on the risk of Mr Assange being held in highly restrictive prison conditions if extradited.
Mr Assange's fiancee Stella Moris called the ruling "dangerous and misguided", adding that the US assurances were "inherently unreliable".
In an emotional statement outside the court, Ms Moris said: "For the past... two years and a half, Julian has remained in Belmarsh prison, and in fact he has been detained since 7 December 2010 in one form or another, 11 years. For how long can this go on?"
Wikileaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said in a statement: "Julian's life is once more under grave threat, and so is the right of journalists to publish material that governments and corporations find inconvenient.
"This is about the right of a free press to publish without being threatened by a bullying superpower."
Amnesty International described the ruling as a "travesty of justice" and the US assurances as "deeply flawed".
RE: Julian Assange to be deported to USA - undercoverhippycop - 20-06-2022
There is no such thing as freedom of anything anymore even when you make your own you are still at risk of being told what to do and to shut up at every level by whoever is a level above.
RE: Julian Assange to be deported to USA - king1 - 20-06-2022
maybe because the US let snowdon get away, pissed them off a bit...
RE: Julian Assange to be deported to USA - Zurdo - 20-06-2022
It's been so long they have probably forgotten what they wanted him for.
RE: Julian Assange to be deported to USA - Lilith7 - 20-06-2022
You'd think that, after such a long time they might just manage to admit that at this stage, its all much ado about nothing very much after all. Its now water under the bridge & time to quietly release him - or of course, they could continue to behave like idiots, wasting time & money in a pursuit which increasingly makes them look determined to suppress someone who was simply telling the world things they'd rather were kept secret.
RE: Julian Assange to be deported to USA - C_T_Russell - 21-06-2022
Free the guy!