“A dark day for freedom of the press and British democracy,” the Wikileaks platform said today. The defense has 14 days to appeal.
14 days… so many are the ones that separate Julian Assange with his last hope not to be extradited to the United States of America. After years of failed legal challenges and proceedings, the man who exposed the atrocities of the US military in Afghanistan and Iraq is dangerously approaching the hands of the American authorities. Shortly after 10:00 a.m. UK time, British Home Secretary Pretty Patel finally gave the “green light” for his extradition to the United States and his removal from British soil.
The case was transferred to its own jurisdiction a month before, following the decision of the British Supreme Court (Supreme Court) not to consider the case of his extradition, as he concluded “does not raise a reasonable legal issue”.
Wikileaks: “Black Day for Press Freedom”
It was only a matter of minutes before the announcement of the June 17 decision that the Wikileaks platform announced via Twitter that today “is a black day for Freedom of the Press, but also for British democracy”, thus criticizing the tough stance and decision of the Minister Interior, which, however, does not surprise many.
According to the official announcement of the Ministry of Interior “if the British courts ruled that there is no concern for possible ill-treatment of Julian Assange by the American authorities (…) then Priti Patel had to seal his extradition”. In fact, as confirmed by the Ministry of Interior, the defense of the founder of Wikileaks will have only 14 days to file an appeal, something that is considered certain that he will do, but with little chance of a happy ending…
It is pointed out that if he is finally extradited to America, he risks a sentence of 175 years in a maximum security prison as the US Department of Justice “burdens” him with 17 charges, including the violation of the law on espionage and publication of documents that endangered its national security. country but also human lives.
Zoe Katzagiannaki, London
Source: Deutsche Welle
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