It was a “dark day” for his supporters, but “not the end of the road”: the British government announced on Friday that it had signed the order for the extradition to the United States of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, that call.
The 50-year-old Australian is being prosecuted in the United States for a massive leak of confidential documents.
After a long legal standoff with windings, British justice formally gave the green light on April 20 to its surrender to American justice, but it is up to British Interior Minister Priti Patel to sign an extradition decree. , which he did on Friday.
We are not at the end of the road. We will fight. We will use all means of allotmentreaction of Stella Assange, the Australian’s wife, at a press conference.
Obviously anxious, he explained that his wife found out the news on Friday morning. His instinct resisted and so did mine.did he say.
Beside her, lawyer Jennifer Robinson, who is defending Julian Assange, confirmed that she will appeal to British justice within 14 days. and if necessary before the European Court of Human Rights.
We continue to call on the Biden administration to stop this case because of its severe threat to free speech around the world and in the United States. And we continue to call on the Australian government to act and protect this Australian citizen who is at riskadded Me Robinson.
The British Home Office confirmed the extradition of Julian Assange by considering that it was not inconsistent with his human rights, including his right to a fair trial and freedom of expression, explained a spokesman for the ministry. He added that the United States would be Australian treated appropriately, including with regard to his health.
Freedom of the press organizations, including Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International, oppose this extradition, fearing that, despite guarantees from American authorities, Julian Assange will be subject to solitary conditions. confinement in prison that will increase their risk of suicide.
For Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, the extradition of Julian Assange threatens to put him at great risk and will send a frightening message to journalists around the world.
Criticized by WikiLeaks a dark day for freedom of the press and clarified that Julian Assange would appeal to the High Court.
He is being sued by American justice, which wants to convict him for disseminating, since 2010, more than 700,000 classified documents on American military and diplomatic activities, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan. He faces 175 years in prison.
Mr Assange was jailed for three years in the high -security prison of Belmarsh, near London, where he married Stella Moris in March.
They have two baby boys, conceived when Julian Assange was living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The founder of WikiLeaks spent seven years at this embassy where he took refuge in 2012, while he was on bail.
She then feared extradition to the United States, or Sweden where she has been the subject of rape proceedings since being abandoned.
He was finally arrested by British police in April 2019 and imprisoned.
Her husband, a lawyer in South Africa in his thirties, denounced a political matters.
For him and for Australian supporters, it is is not the end of the battle. This is just the beginning of a new legal battle.
If permission is granted to appeal, the hearing may not take place until early 2023, Kate Goold, a partner at Bindmans law firm and specialist in extradition cases, told the PA agency.
Even if the appeal is denied, the extradition could be delayed for health reasons if Julian Assange is very sick, for example if he does not have the condition to fly.
Mr Assange also has the ability to appeal the decision to extradite on human rights groundshe says.
If he goes to the European Court of Human Rights, the process is likely to take several years.
France Media Agency
Source: Radio-Canada
