WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange not to be extradited to United States: UK court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
A UK court on Monday ruled that WikiLeaksfounder Julian Assange, 49, should not be extradited to the United States to face charges related to breaking spying law and conspiracy to hack government computers.
Assange had taken refuge in the Ecuador embassy in 2010 after Sweden pressed for his extradition on rape charges which was subsequently dropped.
Good news the extradition of Julian Assange has been refused.
Extradition would be an attack on press freedom.
It is alarming the judge has accepted US Government arguments threatening freedom of speech and to publish.
Assange should be released.
See https://t.co/XPw13Am6Cs
Judge Vanessa Baraitser at theOld Bailey courtin London said she refused Assange'sextradition to the United States as she feared that the controversial whistleblower could commit suicide.
"Faced with conditions of near total isolation ... I am satisfied that the procedures (outline by US authorities) will not prevent MrAssange from finding a way to commit suicide," judge Baraitser said.
Assange had stayed in the Ecuador embassy for seven years which ended after the new Ecuador government turned him over to British police in April 2019.
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