The U.S. challenges the judge’s decision not to extradite Julian Assange Has reached the High Court.
The US government is appealing a decision made in January not to extradite the founder of WikiLeaks to face espionage charges in the United States.
Assange was wanted in the United States on suspicion of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information after WikiLeaks released hundreds of thousands of leaked documents. Afghanistan And the Iraq war.
However, after several weeks of extradition hearings last year, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Assange should not be sent to the United States on the grounds that there is a real risk of suicide.
Previously, the U.S. government was allowed to appeal certain grounds of the district judge, which Assange’s legal team previously described as “narrow technical grounds”.
It is expected that Wednesday’s hearing will be the basis for the US authorities to apply for further expansion, which can be used to appeal the decision not to extradite the 50-year-old.
The initial hearing will last approximately two hours.
Assange is being held in Belmarsh Prison Since 2019, he was taken by the police from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and then arrested for breaching bail conditions.
He entered the building in 2012 to avoid being extradited to Sweden to face sexual crime charges. He has always denied and was eventually removed from his post.
Before Wednesday’s hearing, Assange’s partner Stella Morris visited him in prison on Tuesday and appealed to the President of the United States. Joe Biden Abandon the case.
She told PA News Agency: “This is a dark legacy that Biden himself created, unless he changes direction and must do so.”
Ms. Morris said her partner with two children was a “fighter” and experienced “some very dark moments” during his imprisonment.
Hearing before the Lord on Wednesday justice Holroyde and Mrs. Justice Farbey will start at 10.30 am.
