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London confirms the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States

2022-06-17T09:57:52.778Z


After a long legal tussle, the decision is finally made. The founder of WikiLeaks will be extradited to the United States, where he


The British government confirms this Friday the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he is being prosecuted for a massive leak of confidential documents.

"Under the Extradition Act 2003, the Minister of State must sign an extradition order if there are no grounds for barring the order," a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. Home Affairs, confirming that Minister Priti Pratel has signed the decree to extradite the 50-year-old Australian.

Caught up in a long legal saga, Julian Assange is wanted by American justice, which wants to try him for the dissemination of more than 700,000 classified documents on American military and diplomatic activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“A dark day for press freedom”

“The British Home Secretary (Priti Patel) approves the extradition of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to the United States where he would face a 175-year sentence.

A dark day for press freedom and for British democracy.

The decision will be appealed,” WikiLeaks tweeted.

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Julian Assange: British justice authorizes extradition, "a disastrous signal for press freedom"

Prosecuted in particular under legislation against espionage, Julian Assange faces 175 years in prison.

This case continues to be denounced by human rights organizations as a serious attack on press freedom.

On March 14, he had seen one of his last hopes of avoiding his extradition disappear, with the refusal of the British Supreme Court to examine his appeal.

Source: leparis

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