Australian Prime Minister: Assange is free to return home once appeals are over

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today, Tuesday January 5, that Australian Julian Assange, founder of the “WikiLeaks” site, will have “the freedom to return to his homeland” once legal appeals against him are completed, after a British court rejected an application. Deliver it to the United States.

On Monday, a British judge rejected an extradition request submitted by the United States as Assange will face criminal charges, including violating an espionage law, and said that “problems related to his mental health may make him vulnerable to suicide.”

The US Justice Department said it would continue to seek Assange’s extradition, and US prosecutors must appeal the decision to the Supreme Court in London.

Morrison said: “The justice system is on its way and we are not a party to the matter, and like any Australian, you are given consular support and if your appeal is rejected you will definitely be able to return to Australia like any other Australian.”

The United States accuses Assange (49 years old) of committing 18 crimes during the administration of former President Barack Obama related to the publication of the secret “WikiLeaks” records of US military and diplomatic cables that they say endanger lives.

Yet his supporters see him as an anti-regime hero who became a victim because he denounced America’s wrongdoing in Afghanistan and Iraq, and they say his trial is an attack on the press and freedom of expression for political reasons.

WikiLeaks became famous when it posted a video from the US Army in 2010 showing an Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad in 2007, killing 12 people. Then he published thousands of secret files and diplomatic cables.

Mexico yesterday offered Assange political asylum in a move that could enrage the United States.