#Assange wins leave to #appeal to Supreme Court against extradition to USA
Appeal: Julian Assange.
Julian Assange has won a partial victory in his battle against extradition to the United States.
The High Court has found a point of law that may be argued – whether there was an injustice in the lateness of America’s assurances that he will be well-treated.
Assange must now lodge an appeal with the Supreme Court – and the future of that attempt is uncertain.
If the Supreme Court rejects his appeal, his extradition – to face a possible 175 years in prison if he is convicted of 18 counts of terrorism-related offences – may go ahead.
His partner Stella Moris had this to say after this morning’s High Court decision:
The US government wants to prosecute Julian Assange for 18 alleged crimes – 17 of them under a 1917 terrorism act – because his reports of these alleged US war crimes on the website Wikileaks allegedly caused risk to the lives of American military personnel.
No evidence has been brought forward to substantiate the claim. US prosecutors have admitted that they do not have any.
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