Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States denied. British judge: “WikiLeaks founder at risk of suicide”

British justice has denied extradition of the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, in the United States and ordered the release from prison. Judge Vanessa Baraister thus, surprisingly compared to expectations, he rejected the request made by Washington to bring Assange to the state, where he is accused of espionage me to hack for helping to disseminate confidential U.S. files related to, among other things, war crimes in Afghanistan me Iraq. An accusation by which the Australian founder of the famous portal risked sentenced to 175 years. At the base of Baraister’s decision are the mental conditions of the Australian founder of the organization and the belief that it is at risk of suicide. Washington has already announced that appeal.

The judge rejected the defense claims that Assange is protected by the guarantees linked to the freedom of expression, stating that his “conduct, if proven, would amount in this jurisdiction to crimes not protected by the right to freedom of the press.” However, he said, the 49-year-old suffers from clinical depression, which would be aggravated if he faced the isolation to which he would probably be subjected in the prisons of the North American country. Assange, the judge said, has “the intellectual capacity and determination” to circumvent any suicide prevention measures that the authorities may apply.

Baraister said she was convinced of the “good faith” of the US investigators and rejected the defense’s objections against fears of a unfair trial Overseas. However, he denied extradition, defining insufficient guarantees given by the Washington authorities to protect himself from the danger of a possible suicide attempt.