The decision to extradite the WikiLeaks co-founder to the United States would be "politically and legally disastrous for the United Kingdom".
This is what Stella Moris, Julian Assange's partner, affirms in a letter published by the Mail on Sunday, on the eve of the judge's sentence on her extradition to the United States.
The journalist, 49, is accused of violating 'the Espionage Act' by publishing secret diplomatic and military documents in 2010. District judge Vanessa Baraitser's decision is expected on January 4: should the British court confirm the his charges, Assange would be forced to return to the US where if convicted, according to his lawyers, he could face up to 175 years in prison.
Assange's partner, who had two children with him, argues that the decision to allow extradition would not only be an "unthinkable farce" for the partner, but would damage Britain's long-held right to freedom.
"It would rewrite the rules of what is allowed to be published here," Moris said.
"From one day to the next, it would freeze the free and open debate on abuses by our own government and also by many foreigners," he continues.
"Foreign countries could simply file an extradition request claiming that British journalists, or Facebook users, have violated their censorship laws.
The press freedoms we love in Britain are meaningless if they can be criminalized and suppressed. by regimes in Russia or Turkey or by prosecutors in Alexandria, Virginia, "he added.
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