The British court will consider next week whether Julian Assange will be allowed to fight his extradition in a new court hearing. If permission is not forthcoming, the legal recourse in Britain has been exhausted. Assange's support team fears that he will then be immediately put on a plane.
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Wikileaks of the founder Julian Assange the possible extradition from Britain to the United States is at a crucial stage: the British Supreme Court will consider next week whether Assange's appeal against extradition will be taken up for a new hearing.
If permission is not forthcoming, the legal process in Britain has been exhausted. There is no longer any right of appeal.
“We are very concerned that the decision [Assangea vastaan] will be done immediately, and [Britannian] the Home Office will enforce the extradition,” Assange's wife Stella Assange said in London on Thursday.
Julian Assange's wife Stella Assange has been able to visit her husband in the London prison for the last time at the beginning of February.
If while the court's position is positive for Julian Assange, 52, it means a new trial. Then Assange's legal team can present fresh material, based on which the extradition should not be implemented.
Even in this case, Assange will not be released from prison. Assange has been sitting in London's Belmarsh prison for almost five years.
When the British legal route is exhausted, Assange can still appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The court does not take all complaints into consideration, but Assange's case can be expected to continue.
“We are going to fight until the end,” Stella Assange said.
United States has wanted the Australian Assange to be brought to justice since Wikileaks published thousands of secret documents and information about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2010.
If Britain extradits Assange to the United States, he could face up to 175 years in prison.
Julian Assange arriving at a lower court hearing in London in April 2019.
Supporters say Assange's health cannot withstand extradition and imprisonment.
“His health has deteriorated both physically and mentally. If he is extradited, he will die,” Stella Assange said.
The couple married in March 2022. They have two children, born while Assange was hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for seven years.
Wikileaks editor-in-chief by Kristinn Hrafnsson according to Assange's treatment sets a precedent for press freedom.
He described Assange as a “canary in a mine”. The term refers to the use of birds to detect poisonous gases in mines.
“The fight for Julian is a fight for journalism,” the Icelandic journalist said.
According to the supporters, it is completely unreasonable that an Australian journalist who published information in Europe would be extradited from Britain to the United States.
“Basically [Assangen tapauksessa] it's about journalism and freedom of the press and the public's right to know what's going on,” Campaign Director of Reporters without Borders Rebecca Vincent said in London on Thursday.
Surrender against has appealed also the House of Commons of the Australian Parliament in its recent statement. Assange has also been supported by other countries' politicians, human rights and freedom of speech organizations, and the Pope.
The most unusual end is artist protestwho threatens to destroy the artworks if Assange dies in prison.
Supreme Court the session starts on Tuesday of next week and ends on Wednesday. The hearing is held by two judges and is public.
It is not yet known whether Julian Assange himself will be allowed to attend. It is not even known when the decision will come.
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