Julian Assange

UK govt agreed to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face charges over alleged leak of classified documents related to wars in Iraq, ...

He is a journalist and a publisher, and he is being punished for doing his job,” she added. “This is a dark day for press freedom and for British democracy,” it said. It is only the beginning of a new legal battle. “Today is not the end of the fight. Extradition requests are only sent to the Home Secretary once a judge decides it can proceed after considering various aspects of the case,” the spokesperson said. Mr. Assange retains the normal 14-day right to appeal,” a UK Home Office spokesperson said.

The WikiLeaks founder will face 18 federal counts — whenever he's brought to a U.S. courthouse in Virginia. For now, he has at least one more avenue of ...

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The British government on Friday ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges.

A British district court judge had initially rejected the extradition request on the grounds that Assange was likely to kill himself if held under harsh U.S. prison conditions. Journalism organizations and human rights groups had called on Britain to refuse the extradition request. “If the extradition proceeds, Amnesty International is extremely concerned that Assange faces a high risk of prolonged solitary confinement, which would violate the prohibition on torture or other ill treatment,” she said. The ruling came after a legal battle that went all the way to the U.K. Supreme Court. He is a journalist and a publisher, and he is being punished for doing his job.” Assange has been held at Britain’s high-security Belmarsh Prison in London since 2019, when he was arrested for skipping bail during a separate legal battle. U.S. authorities later provided assurances that the WikiLeaks founder wouldn’t face the severe treatment that his lawyers said would put his physical and mental health at risk. “Today is not the end of the fight. “He has committed no crime and is not a criminal. American prosecutors say Assange unlawfully helped U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal classified diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks later published, putting lives at risk. Supporters and lawyers for Assange, 50, argue that he was acting as a journalist and is entitled to First Amendment protections of freedom of speech for publishing documents that exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan. They argue that his case is politically motivated and that he cannot get a fair trial in the U.S. The decision was referred to Patel after a British court ruled in April that Assange could be sent to the U.S., where he faces trial on 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse.

Le fondateur de WikiLeaks Julian Assange se bat pour éviter d'être extradé aux États-Unis, où il fait l'objet de rares poursuites pour «espionnage».

La justice a avancé avec davantage de prudence dans le cas de Julian Assange. Des poursuites pour «piratage informatique» ont été lancées secrètement fin 2017. Après avoir vu sa peine commuer par le président Barack Obama, cette icône de la cause transgenre avait été libérée en mai 2017. Il encourt jusqu'à 175 ans de prison. Il a également promis que le fondateur de Wikileaks ne serait pas soumis à «des mesures administratives spéciales» avant, pendant et après le procès. Le terme couvre notamment un régime de mise à l'isolement quasi total, fréquemment dénoncé par les associations de défense des droits de la personne. Mais dans un pays très attaché à son armée, les révélations de WikiLeaks ont été diversement appréciées: si certains Américains ont loué la dénonciation de bavures militaires, d'autres ont vivement critiqué la mise en danger d'agents de terrain. Les États-Unis reprochent à l'Australien la publication en 2010 par son site WikiLeaks de 250.000 câbles diplomatiques et d'environ 500.000 documents confidentiels portant sur les activités de l'armée américaine en Irak et en Afghanistan.

LONDRES — Le gouvernement britannique a ordonné vendredi l'extradition du fondateur de la plateforme WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, vers les États-Unis, ...

La Cour a déterminé que M. Assange pouvait être remis aux autorités américaines afin de faire face à 17 chefs d’accusation d’espionnage et un chef d’accusation d’utilisation malveillante d’un ordinateur. La cérémonie a eu lieu en prison. Julian Assange est détenu à la prison à sécurité maximale de Belmarsh, à Londres, depuis 2019. «Julian n’a rien fait de mal, a-t-elle martelé. Il n’a commis aucun crime et il n’est pas un criminel. Ce jugement était tombé au terme d’une très longue bataille judiciaire ayant remonté jusqu’à la Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni. «Ce jour ne marque pas la fin du combat.

The British government on Friday ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges, a milestone — but ...

"If the extradition proceeds, Amnesty International is extremely concerned that Assange faces a high risk of prolonged solitary confinement, which would violate the prohibition on torture or other ill treatment," she said. The ruling came after a legal battle that went all the way to the U.K. Supreme Court. He is a journalist and a publisher, and he is being punished for doing his job." Assange has been held at Britain's high-security Belmarsh Prison in London since 2019, when he was arrested for skipping bail during a separate legal battle. "Today is not the end of the fight. American prosecutors say Assange unlawfully helped U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal classified diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks later published, putting lives at risk. "He has committed no crime and is not a criminal. "Nor have they found that extradition would be incompatible with his human rights, including his right to a fair trial and to freedom of expression, and that whilst in the U.S. he will be treated appropriately, including in relation to his health." The decision is a big moment in Assange's years-long battle to avoid facing trial in the U.S. — though not necessarily the end of the tale. The Home Office said in a statement that "the U.K. courts have not found that it would be oppressive, unjust or an abuse of process to extradite Mr. Assange. It follows a British court ruling in April that Assange could be sent to the U.S. The British government on Friday ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face charges of spying, a milestone — but not the end — of a decade-long legal saga sparked by his website's publication of classified U.S. documents.