In a win for Julian Assange, the British High Court of Justice has allowed him to ask the U.K. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of an extradition order to the U.S.
publisher Julian Assange to ask the U.K. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of the extradition order. In December 2021, the High Court had overturned U.K. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser’s January 2021 ruling denying the U.S. request for extradition.
During that hearing, the Biden administration didn’t provide the judge with any assurances that Assange would not be held in near-isolation in U.S. prisons. It was only after Baraitser denied extradition that the U.S. government came forward with “assurances” that Assange wouldn’t be subject to special administrative measures or be held in the ADX supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. But those so-called assurances contained a loophole.
publication of evidence of U.S. war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo. The Obama administration considered charging Assange for those revelations but declined to do so for fear of running afoul of the First Amendment’s freedom of the press. Donald Trump did indict Assange, however. But instead of dismissing the case, Joe Biden is vigorously fighting to extradite Assange and pursue the charges that Trump filed.Assange asked the High Court to allow him to appeal the case to the U.K.
Assange has been held in London’s maximum security Belmarsh Prison since 2019. While claiming victory from the High Court ruling, Moris cautioned that Assange continues to suffer in harsh confinement. “But let’s not forget that every time we win, as long as this case isn’t dropped, as long as Julian isn’t freed, Julian continues to suffer,”. “He is suffering profoundly, day after day, week after week, year after year. Julian has to be freed, and we hope that this will soon end.
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