WikiLeaksfounderJulian Assangelast month appealed to the British government's decision to order the transfer to the United States.
The appeal was filed with the High Court on Friday. This is the latest twist on a decade-long legal story that began with the publication of confidential US documents on his website. Details regarding the appeal were not immediately available.
Assange supporters protested before his 51st birthday this weekend, with his wife Stella Assange coming out of prison among those gathered outside the Interior Ministry on Friday. Called for the release of.
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Julian Assange took years to avoid being sent to the United States in a British court where he was guilty of 17 espionage and one computer misuse.
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U.S. prosecutors were later published by Australian citizens and U.S. military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning by WikiLeaks. Helps steal classified diplomatic cables and military files, dangerous.
For his supporters, Assange is a secret-breaking journalist who has exposed US military misconduct in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A British court may send the case to the British government for a ruling that ruled Assange in April and be tried in the United States. Home Secretary Priti Patel signed an order on June 17 to approve Assange's delivery.
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Australian Government is under increasing pressure to intervene, but last month Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced his public Rejected the call Washington demands that Assange's indictment be withdrawn.
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Assange's supporters and lawyers claim he was acting as a journalist, the first of freedom of speech You are entitled to amendment protection. They argue that the case was a political motive, he faced inhumane treatment and could not be tried fairly in the United States.
Assange has remained in London's secure Belmarsh prison since his arrest. In 2019 he skipped his bail during another court battle. Prior to that, he spent seven years at the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid handing over to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault.
Sweden stopped investigating sex crimes in November 2019 after a considerable amount of time, but a British judge put Asanji in jail until the outcome of the delivery case came out. rice field.
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