WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed towards the British’s authorities determination final month to order his extradition to the US.
The enchantment was filed Friday on the Excessive Court docket, the newest twist in a decade-long authorized saga sparked by his web site’s publication of labeled US paperwork. No additional particulars in regards to the enchantment have been instantly accessible.
Assange’s supporters staged protests earlier than his 51st birthday on Sunday, along with his spouse Stella Assange amongst individuals who gathered exterior the Dwelling Workplace on Friday to name for his launch from jail.
Julian Assange has battled in British courts for years to keep away from being despatched to the US, the place he faces 17 fees of espionage and one cost of pc misuse.
American prosecutors say the Australian citizen helped US Military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal labeled diplomatic cables and navy information that WikiLeaks later printed, placing lives in danger.
To his supporters, Assange is a secrecy-busting journalist who uncovered US navy wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A British courtroom dominated in April that Assange might be despatched to face trial within the US, sending the case to the UK authorities for a call. Dwelling Secretary Priti Patel signed an order on June 17 authorising Assange’s extradition.
The Australian authorities has been beneath mounting strain to intervene, however final month Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rejected requires him to publicly demand that Washington drop its prosecution of Assange.
Assange’s supporters and legal professionals keep he was performing as a journalist and is entitled to First Modification protections of freedom of speech. They argue that the case is politically motivated, that he would face inhumane therapy and be unable to get a good trial within the US.
Assange stays in London’s high-security Belmarsh Jail, the place he has been since he was arrested in 2019 for skipping bail throughout a separate authorized battle. Earlier than that, he spent seven years contained in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to keep away from extradition to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault.
Sweden dropped the intercourse crimes investigations in November 2019 as a result of a lot time had elapsed, however British judges have stored Assange in jail pending the end result of the extradition case.
