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Julian Assange's Extradition to the US Approved by UK Home Secretary

posted by janrinok on Monday June 20 2022, @04:27AM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

Julian Assange's extradition from UK to US approved by home secretary

Priti Patel has approved the extradition of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US, a decision the organisation immediately said it would appeal against in the high court.

The case passed to the home secretary last month after the supreme court ruled there were no legal questions over assurances given by US authorities over how Assange was likely to be treated.

While Patel has given a green light, WikiLeaks immediately released a statement to say it would appeal against the decision.

"Today is not the end of fight," it said. "It is only the beginning of a new legal battle. We will appeal through the legal system; the next appeal will be before the high court."

Also at NYT.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Monday June 20 2022, @02:52PM (1 child)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Monday June 20 2022, @02:52PM (#1254616) Journal

    (1) accessed a sensitive device in the US (he didn't, Manning did),

    The allegation is that he did exactly that. Manning did as well but the legal case against Assange is based on his own access to that secured device.

    I posted the indictment here, it is alleging he accessed the system directly and without authorization. [soylentnews.org]

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday June 20 2022, @03:53PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Monday June 20 2022, @03:53PM (#1254644) Journal

    Yikes, the attempt to mod objective reality onto oblivion in this thread is egregious!

    Please, mods and posters, actually look at the indictment I have posted before repeating/modding as fact things that have not been established as facts yet.