London Court Rules in Favor of Assange in Extradition Case to the US

The court has allowed Assange to appeal his extradition to the United States.

One of the higher courts in England and Wales, the London High Court, has issued a ruling in favor of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, allowing him to attempt to appeal the decision to extradite him to the US in British courts. This was reported by Sky News.

“Julian Assange will be permitted to appeal against his extradition to the US,” the broadcaster reported.

In March, the London court granted the US government three weeks to provide adequate guarantees that the journalist would be able to rely on the First Amendment of the US Constitution (which protects freedom of speech) during his trial, that his rights would not be violated due to his citizenship, and that he would not face the death penalty.

In mid-April, the American side provided the required guarantees, but Assange’s supporters pointed out the “evasive” language of the provisions.

Simonyan has proposed a swap involving Whelan, Kara-Murza, and Gershkovich for Assange.

Julian Assange became widely known in 2006 for his work in establishing WikiLeaks, a platform for publishing classified documents. In 2010, the site published a classified video showing the US military helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed at least 18 civilians in 2007. That same year, the site began publishing 250,000 diplomatic cables from the United States.

Assange faces up to 175 years in prison in the US for the largest number of classified disclosures in the country’s history.