Julian Assange’s U.S. Extradition Turned Down by U.K. Court
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variety.comNaman Ramachandran A London court has turned down a request for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be extradited to the U.S.
to face espionage charges, over mental health concerns.District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said on Monday at London’s Old Bailey court that Assange’s clinical depression could be compounded and he could commit suicide if extradited stateside.The U.S.
will appeal the decision.U.S. prosecutors have indicted Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of leaked military and diplomatic documents detailing alleged U.S.
military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, in 2010 and 2011. The charges could lead to a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison.
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