{"id":1105873,"date":"2021-12-10T11:29:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1105873"},"modified":"2021-12-10T11:29:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:29:23","slug":"wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-can-be-extradited-to-the-u-s-british-court-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-can-be-extradited-to-the-u-s-british-court-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Can Be Extradited To The U.S., British Court Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwikileaks-founder-julian-assange-can-be-extradited-to-the-u-s-british-court-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1105873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Julian Assange, the controversial founder of Wikileaks, can be extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States, according to a High Court ruling in the UK.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe US won its appeal against a January UK court ruling that he could not be extradited due to concerns over his mental health,\u201d reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-59608641\">BBC News<\/a>, with Judge Timothy Holroyde saying that the court \u201callows the appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudges were reassured by US promises to reduce the risk of suicide,\u201d the BBC added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe background to the request for Mr Assange\u2019s extradition is well-known,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/USA-v-Assange-judgment101221.pdf\">court documents<\/a>. \u201cHe is a founder of the Wikileaks website. He has been indicted in the USA on 18 counts connected with obtaining and disclosing defence and national security material through the website, primarily in 2009 and 2010 but also to some extent since.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S.-based charges were summarized as follows:<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><em>His complicity in illegal acts to obtain or receive voluminous databases of classified information;<\/em>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><em>His agreement and attempt to obtain classified information through computer hacking; and&nbsp;<\/em>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><em>His publishing certain classified documents that contained the unredacted names of innocent people who risked their safety and freedom to provide information to the United States and its allies, including local Afghans and Iraqis, journalists, religious leaders, human rights advocates, and political dissidents from repressive regimes.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>\n<p>Assange can now be extradited to the United States to face Espionage Act charges, which carry significant jail time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Assange fled into the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in 2012 when he was facing an investigation on allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, which were eventually dropped. He said he feared his human rights would be violated if he was extradited in that case,\u201d explained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/10\/world\/europe\/uk-julian-assange-extradition.html\">The New York Times<\/a>. \u201cHe remained in the embassy for seven years until he was ejected in 2019. The United States unsealed an indictment against him on hacking charges on the day of his expulsion, and then charged him under the Espionage Act weeks later. He has been detained in London\u2019s Belmarsh prison since 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssange, who was not permitted to attend the hearing in person, is wanted by U.S. authorities over the publication of hundreds of thousands of classified military documents and diplomatic cables in 2010 and 2011,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/10\/us-wins-appeal-over-extradition-of-wikileaks-founder-assange.html\">CNBC<\/a> reported. \u201cThey say his actions put lives in danger and they accuse him of 18 counts, meaning he faces a 175-year prison sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stella Morris, Julian Assange\u2019s fianc\u00e9e, said that they would appeal this decision \u201cat the earliest possible moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She described the High Court\u2019s ruling as \u201cdangerous and misguided\u201d and a \u201cgrave miscarriage of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can it be fair, how can it be right, how can it be possible, to extradite Julian to the very country which plotted to kill him?\u201d Morris added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/petition\/julian-assange-usa-justice\/\">Amnesty International<\/a> has called for the U.S. to drop these charges against Assange.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAuthorities in the USA must drop the espionage and all other charges against Julian Assange that relate to his publishing activities as part of his work with Wikileaks,\u201d Amnesty International stated. \u201cThe US government\u2019s unrelenting pursuit of Julian Assange for having published disclosed documents that included possible war crimes committed by the US military is nothing short of a full-scale assault on the right to freedom of expression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julian Assange, the controversial founder of Wikileaks, can be extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States, according to a High Court ruling in the UK.\u00a0\u201cThe US won its appeal against a January UK court ruling that he could not be extradited due to concerns over his mental health,\u201d reported BBC News, with Judge Timothy Holroyde saying that the court \u201callows the appeal.\u201d\u201cJudges were reassured by US promises to reduce the risk of suicide,\u201d the BBC added.\u201cThe background to the request for Mr Assange\u2019s extradition is well-known,\u201d according to court documents. \u201cHe is a founder of the Wikileaks website. He has been indicted in the USA on 18 counts connected with obtaining and disclosing defence and national security material through the website, primarily in 2009 and 2010 but also to some extent since.\u201dThe U.S.-based charges were summarized as follows:His complicity in illegal acts to obtain or receive voluminous databases of classified information;His agreement and attempt to obtain classified information through computer hacking; and\u00a0His publishing certain classified documents that contained the unredacted names of innocent people who risked their safety and freedom to provide information to the United States and its allies, including local Afghans and Iraqis, journalists, religious leaders, human rights advocates, and political dissidents from repressive regimes.\u201d\u00a0Assange can now be extradited to the United States to face Espionage Act charges, which carry significant jail time.\u201cMr. Assange fled into the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in 2012 when he was facing an investigation on allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, which were eventually dropped. He said he feared his human rights would be violated if he was extradited in that case,\u201d explained The New York Times. \u201cHe remained in the embassy for seven years until he was ejected in 2019. The United States unsealed an indictment against him on hacking charges on the day of his expulsion, and then charged him under the Espionage Act weeks later. He has been detained in London\u2019s Belmarsh prison since 2019.\u201d\u201cAssange, who was not permitted to attend the hearing in person, is wanted by U.S. authorities over the publication of hundreds of thousands of classified military documents and diplomatic cables in 2010 and 2011,\u201d CNBC reported. \u201cThey say his actions put lives in danger and they accuse him of 18 counts, meaning he faces a 175-year prison sentence.\u201dStella Morris, Julian Assange\u2019s fianc\u00e9e, said that they would appeal this decision \u201cat the earliest possible moment.\u201dShe described the High Court\u2019s ruling as \u201cdangerous and misguided\u201d and a \u201cgrave miscarriage of justice.\u201d\u201cHow can it be fair, how can it be right, how can it be possible, to extradite Julian to the very country which plotted to kill him?\u201d Morris added.Amnesty International has called for the U.S. to drop these charges against Assange.\u201cAuthorities in the USA must drop the espionage and all other charges against Julian Assange that relate to his publishing activities as part of his work with Wikileaks,\u201d Amnesty International stated. \u201cThe US government\u2019s unrelenting pursuit of Julian Assange for having published disclosed documents that included possible war crimes committed by the US military is nothing short of a full-scale assault on the right to freedom of expression.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1105873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}