A London court ruled on Monday that Julian Assange, the embattled WikiLeaks founder, could appeal his extradition to the United States, a move that opens a new chapter in his prolonged fight against the order in Britain’s courts.
Two High Court judges said they would allow an appeal to be heard on a limited number of issues.
In March, the judges said that the court would grant a request to appeal unless the American government gave “a satisfactory assurance” that Mr. Assange would be afforded protections under the U.S. Constitution, would not be “prejudiced by reason of his nationality,” and that “the death penalty is not imposed.”
The U.S. Embassy in Britain provided assurances on those issues in a letter sent in April, but Mr. Assange’s legal team had argued in court that they did not all go far enough to meet the court’s request.
Mr. Assange, 52, has been held in Belmarsh, one of Britain’s highest-security prisons, in southeastern London since 2019 as his fight against the extradition order has proceeded through the courts.
Wow. This is good news. But I wish America would just drop the damn charges against Assange & end this unjustified witch-hunt & tantrum. Snowflake's chance in hell of it happening but enough is enough.
@CrushedLeftistGreen2wks2W
Yes, he should be released now.
@SoulfulCoatiRepublican2wks2W
The fact that the Fascist Brits remain unconvinced of his safety in America says it all, really. Though I haven't read what the ruling said exactly....
Either way, he'll live to fight another day.
Time for Albanese to make those calls to America for real....
There are two tiers of justice in America. One for Antifa, another for peaceful J6 protestors. One for Assange, another for Manning. One for Biden, another for Trump. It’s disgusting & we need to fix it.
@PollingSealDemocrat2wks2W
No surprise. The fix was already in when the USG figured out that extraditing him would not be a good political move.
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