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Extradition of Assange to US Signed Off

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

quietus writes:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @02:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @02:00PM (#855541)

    No. There's no apologia there. The US government has acted shamefully both in the actions revealed by Manning/Wikileaks and the hounding of Assange.

    I'm instead railing against statements which are unsupported by evidence or rational argument. The person I responded to was encouraging armed insurrection and further dilution of the rule of law. Not supporting those things makes me an apologist and a lickspittle? I'm sorry, I haven't seen you on the news getting arrested or shot dead for armed insurrection against the US government.

    By your logic, that makes you a lickspittle apologist too, right?

    What's more, instead of getting cogent, reasoned arguments (or any arguments at all) it's just troll mods and blather [soylentnews.org], as I predicted [soylentnews.org].

    Even *factual* statements [soylentnews.org] as to official statements are shouted down [soylentnews.org] with no evidence, and arguments that boil down to "you're wrong!" even though I just paraphrased the link provided, while *specifically* stating that I could not verify the veracity of the claims made.

    That's not discussion. That's not even advocacy. That's just moronic posturing.

    So if desiring to discuss facts and evidence with reasoned argument makes me a "lickspittle" apologist, then so be it.