Britain refused to extradite WikiLeaks mogul to US

WikiLeaks mogul. Photo: AP

According to the AP, Old Bailey Criminal Court Judge Vanessa Baraitser said today (January 4) that Assange could commit suicide if extradited to the United States. The United States government announced that it would oppose the previous ruling.

US prosecutors have indicted 17 counts of espionage against Assange, 49, and a crime of violating the computer systems of the United States government, revealing classified military information, including video of the attack. Apache helicopters in Baghdad in 2007 killed more than a dozen people, including two Reuters reporters. These charges can expose Assange to a maximum of 175 years in prison.

WikiLeaks lawyers argue that their clients act as journalists and enjoy the rights to free speech under the First Amendment when they publish leaked documents exposing the misconduct of US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The judge denied the lawyer’s claims that Assange was protected from free speech. However, he said, the WikiLeaks founder was suffering from depression and the illness could be exacerbated by the isolation he faced while in US jails.

During the trial, Assange’s defense attorneys argued that the extradition and trial of his clients were politically motivated, “in a unique period in the history of the United States, under the administration of President Trump.” However, Judge Baraitser found that there was insufficient evidence to say that the allegations were made under pressure from the Trump administration.

Hoai linh

WikiLeaks boss is sick, speechless

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been transferred to the infirmary at Belmarsh Hospital, England.

Reveal a large amount of money to protect the “boss” from leaking confidential information

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister José Valencia revealed a large amount of money to protect Julian Assange seven years after the WikiLeaks founder requested asylum at the country’s embassy in London, England on August 16, 2012.