Julian Assange can be extradited to the US. This was decided by the judge of Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London, Paul Goldspring, who issued the formal extradition order to the US for the founder of Wikileaks on charges of espionage.
The order must now be signed by the Minister of the Interior, Priti Patelwhich will take up to two months for decide whether to confirm or reject the request. Assange’s defense has already announced that it will file an appeal within the established deadline, which will end on May 18.
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On March 14, the Supreme Court, the highest judicial body in the United Kingdom, gave the green light to extradition by rejecting its appeal aimed at preventing it and had instructed Goldspring to issue the order. The final decision now rests with the government.
Assange for years try to avoid a trial in the United States linked to the publication by Wikileaks of a large amount of classified documents relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Assange’s attorney Mark Summers told the court that the legal team has “serious observations” to make.
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