Tuesday 5 July, 2022
The wife of the Wikileaks founder has said his treatment was ‘especially cruel’.
WikiLeaks criticised the decision and vowed to appeal it.
The decision now rests with Home Secretary Priti Patel.
The WikiLeaks founder is wanted in the US over an alleged conspiracy to disclose national defence information.
The WikiLeaks founder is wanted in the US over an alleged conspiracy to disclose national defence information.
Two senior judges ruled in favour of the US in a judgment today.
A District Judge in January ruled that Assange is a serious suicide threat if extradited across the Atlantic.
Assange has been held in Belmarsh Prison since 2019.
Assange, 49, faces an 18-count indictment in the US.
A judge will decide whether he should be extradited from the UK tomorrow.
Assange spoke to state he does not consent to extradition.
Stella Moris said she feared Assange could die in Belmarsh Prison, where he is awaiting his next extradition hearing on 18 May.
The full extradition hearing is set to resume for three weeks in mid-May.
Assange’s lawyer said that the extradition request “boldly and brazenly” misrepresents the facts.
The Australian was visited in prison by his father over the weekend ahead of the hearing today.
Assange is being held in Belmarsh Prison in south-east London as he awaits the start of next week’s full extradition hearing.
Trump would only pardon Assange if he said Russia was not involved in the leak of Democratic National Committee emails, the court heard.
Medics from the UK, Australia, Europe and Sri Lanka expressed “serious concerns” about Assange’s fitness to stand trial.
The WikiLeaks founder has been in custody in the UK since his removal from Ecuador’s embassy in London.
Assange is accused of leaking US government secrets.
This move now opens the way for a court battle.
An extradition request for the WikiLeaks founder has already been issued by the US, where Assange is facing 18 charges.
The Department has rejected Assange’s claim that he is a journalist.
It’s the first step towards seeking his extradition to Sweden.
Manning refused to testify in a case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
The prosecutor announced the decision today.
Manning was jailed in early March for refusing to testify in a grand jury investigation .
The Wikileaks founder was jailed for 50 weeks yesterday.
The Wikileaks founder faces a separate court battle to prevent his extradition to the US.
The 47-year-old Wikileaks founder was arrested in London last week.
Lenin Moreno also defended the decision to overturn Assange’s asylum status in an interview last night.
“In solidarity with many activists facing the odds, I will stand by my principles,” Manning said.
The development could have implications for Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged Russian meddling in the US presidential election.
The sides meet in Group G tomorrow.
The lawsuit asserts that the entities conspired to interfere in the 2016 election and caused serious damage to the Democratic Party.
An arrest warrant for the WikiLeaks founder was upheld in a London court.
Ecuador had asked London to recognise Assange as a diplomat so that he could be granted safe passage out of the UK.
A Senate committee has given Kushner a 27 November deadline to provide the additional documents.
The private messages released by Trump Jr on Twitter show him responding to the website three times.
