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posted by janrinok on Thursday June 13 2019, @07:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the would-totally-not-happen dept.

The UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid has signed off on the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, reports El Reg.

Javid's certifying of the US extradition request lodged this week is the first formal step in having Assange sent across the pond. The next phase is tomorrow, when Belmarsh Magistrates' Court will set a date for a full extradition hearing. After that, assuming a district judge (full-time professional magistrate) OKs the extradition, Javid himself will make the final decision on whether or not to send the one-time chief WikiLeaker to America, as UK.gov's website explains. It is almost certain Assange will file an appeal to the High Court after the district judge's ruling, and again (as the law allows) after the Home Secretary's final decision.

In the US, Assange will face charges of violating espionage law.


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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday June 13 2019, @10:57PM (1 child)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday June 13 2019, @10:57PM (#855340) Journal

    MS-13 is interested in this novel theory on jurisdiction. There's a few Americans they would like to kill and they're pretty stoked that it's legal so long as they are standing in Mexico and the victim is standing in the US.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @04:45AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @04:45AM (#855414)

    Holy fucking shit! Here it is, folks, here it fucking is!

    Xenophobic jibberish out of a member of a political party that pretends to be progressive!

    "It can't happen here! It can't happen here!" Bullshit. It is happening here (with apologies to the person who called it).

    Hmm, if Germany, expect the SPD to be outlawed, mmm, I'm going with 2021 for this one. And the NSDAP will rejoice, for their Führer is come!