What more options does Julian Assange has after UK court approves extradition to the US
WikiLeaks is a news organisation that focuses on analysing and publishing censored or otherwise restricted material. It distributes original documents obtained from unnamed sources. Whistleblowers and leaks from other outlets are common sources for these documents, which are normally classified.
Julian Assange, the publisher of WikiLeaks, started the organisation in 2006. WikiLeaks has published over 10 million documents and related analyses since its start.
Asylum provided outside the state’s borders is known as extraterritoriality.
The Espionage Act of 1917 makes spying or assisting an adversary of the United States illegal. The Act, in Assange’s case, punishes anyone who, without authority, divulges or shares secret government information.
He was granted asylum in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he stayed for the next seven years until his asylum was cancelled by the Ecuadorean authorities. He was instantly detained, and he has been in Belmarsh Prison ever since, resisting extradition to the United States.
The Westminster Magistrates’ Court had previously refused his extradition, however, the court changed its ruling on April 20, 2022. Priti Patel, the UK Home Secretary, will now make the ultimate decision.
