Data leaker Julian Assange has until next week to appeal Britain’s extradition decision. The Australian leadership refuses to intervene in the case.
Founder of Wikileaks Julian Assangella has until Friday of next week to appeal Britain ‘s decision to extradite him to the United States.
Last week, the British Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that Assange could be extradited to the United States.
Assangea is awaiting a total of 18 charges in the United States related to classified documents released by Wikileaks. U.S. prosecutors said the leak endangered lives. Assange could face up to 175 years in prison.
Assange is currently sitting in Belmarsh Prison.
Last year, Britain refused to extradite Assange to the United States. The judge based the decision on Assange’s poor mental health and risk of suicide.
Australia will not intervene in the surrender of Assange
The support forces of the founder of Wikileaks said the recent decision is still being appealed to the Supreme Court. Spouse of Assange Stella Assange vowed to fight by all possible legal means.
Assange’s support forces have appealed to the Australian government, among others, which, however, refuses to intervene in the case. Assange is an Australian citizen.
According to the petitions, the Australian leadership should demand that the United States drop the charges against the founder of Wikileaks.
In 2009, Wikileaks published hundreds of thousands of papers on details of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, among others.
Assange has been in prison since 2019. Prior to that, she was hiding at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012.