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Two British judges discuss the extradition of Julian Assange. This week, his defense requested to reverse the extradition order to the United States, where he is accused of 18 counts of espionage and computer crimes for publishing more than 700,000 classified documents about US military activities in Iraq and Afghanistan. Is Assange a journalist defending freedom of expression or a criminal who violated US laws? We analyze it in this edition of El Debate.
Julian Assange is in suspense over his possible extradition from London to the United States.
This week, two judges at the High Court in London heard the arguments of the parties and will determine whether to support the court's ruling in 2022 to extradite him, as approved by the British Government, or consider the appeal to the defense of the founder of WikiLeaks so that he is not They send him to the North American country, where they accuse him of 18 crimes of espionage and computer intrusion and for which he could pay more than 175 years in prison.
Is Julian Assange a hero or a criminal? And if he is extradited, will the door be opened to political persecution against freedom of expression or will justice be done for the information that, according to the United States, put the lives of hundreds of its collaborators in the Middle East at risk? We discussed it with our guests:
– Carlos Poveda, lawyer part of Julian Assange's international defense team.
– César Paz, retired FBI special agent and national and international security consultant.
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