UK court to rule on U.S. appeal to extradite Julian Assange

Record ID: 1650649

  • Title: UK court to rule on U.S. appeal to extradite Julian Assange
  • Date: 9th December 2021
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - DECEMBER 16, 2010) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SUPPORTERS CHEERING AS ASSANGE LEAVES HIGH COURT AFTER BEING RELEASED ON BAIL, REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS IN FOREGROUND (SOUNDBITE) (English) WIKILEAKS FOUNDER, JULIAN ASSANGE, SAYING: "Well, it's great to smell the fresh air of London again." ASSANGE AND TEAM OF LAWYERS OUTSIDE HIGH COURT LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - JANUARY 17, 2011) (REUTERS) SWISS BANKER AND WHISTLEBLOWER, RUDOLPH ELMER, HANDING OVER DISCS CONTAINING INFORMATION ON OFF-SHORE BANK ACCOUNTS TO ASSANGE DURING NEWS CONFERENCE IN FRONTLINE CLUB LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - FEBRUARY 8, 2011) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF BELMARSH MAGISTRATE'S COURT BUILDING ASSANGE AND HIS LEGAL TEAM ARRIVING ON FINAL DAY OF HEARINGS IN HIS CASE AGAINST EXTRADITION TO SWEDEN LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - MAY 10, 2011) (REUTERS) ASSANGE BEING PRESENTED WITH THE SYDNEY PEACE MEDAL AT THE FRONTLINE CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PHOTOS ASSANGE PUTTING MEDAL AROUND HIS NECK SYDNEY PEACE MEDAL AROUND ASSANGE'S NECK LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - OCTOBER 15, 2011) (REUTERS) "OCCUPY" PROTESTERS CHANTING ON STEPS OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL BANNER READING (English): "Real democracy now! Global revolution, we support you!" (SOUNDBITE) (English) WIKILEAKS FOUNDER, JULIAN ASSANGE, LEADING CROWD OF "OCCUPY" PROTESTERS IN CHANT: "I have always wanted to say... we are all individuals!" LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - DECEMBER 5, 2011) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF HIGH COURT SIGN READING (English): "The Royal Courts of Justice" ASSANGE, SURROUNDED BY SUPPORTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, ARRIVING TO HEAR HIGH COURT DECISION ON HIS REQUEST TO APPEAL AGAINST HIS EXTRADITION TO SWEDEN ASSANGE SUPPORTERS OUTSIDE HIGH COURT WITH BANNER READING (English): "The first casualty of war is truth" WOMAN HOLDING PLACARD READING English): "No extradition. Free Julian Assange" BANNER READING English): "Free Assange! Free Manning! End the wars" (SOUNDBITE) (English) WIKILEAKS FOUNDER, JULIAN ASSANGE, ADDRESSING MEDIA AND SUPPORTERS AFTER BEING GRANTED PERMISSION TO APPEAL TO BRITAIN'S SUPREME COURT AGAINST HIS EXTRADITION TO SWEDEN, "The long struggle for justice for me and others continues. Thank you."
  • Embargoed: 23rd December 2021 19:20
  • Keywords: Ecuadorian embassy Julian Assange London United States Wikileaks founder appeal arrest warrant extradition hearing
  • Location: VARIOUS
  • City: VARIOUS
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Europe,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA00CF7C0F2F
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
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    A UK court on Friday (December 10) is expected to hand down a decision on a U.S. appeal against a ruling that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited.
    The 50-year-old Australian is wanted in the United States to face trial on 18 charges including breaking an espionage law, after WikiLeaks published thousands of secret U.S. files and diplomatic cables in 2010.
    Assange, who denies any wrongdoing, is being held at Belmarsh Prison.
    The United States Government is appealing against a Jan. 4 ruling by a British judge that Assange should not be extradited because his mental health was such that he would likely commit suicide in a U.S. prison.
    U.S. prosecutors and Western security officials regard Assange as a reckless enemy of the state whose actions threatened the lives of agents named in the leaked material.
    Supporters pit him as an anti-establishment hero who exposed U.S. wrongdoing in Afghanistan and Iraq, and say his prosecution is a politically-motivated assault on journalism that gives a free pass to oppressive regimes around the world.
    WikiLeaks came to prominence when it published a U.S. military video in 2010 showing a 2007 attack by Apache helicopters in Baghdad that killed a dozen people, including two Reuters news staff.
    An effort to extradite him was launched in 2019 after he was detained in London after taking refuge in Ecuador's embassy in the British capital for seven years to avoid being extradited to Sweden.
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