Assange can go to UK Supreme Court (again) to fend off US extradition bid Julian Assange has won a technical victory in his ongoing battle against extradition from the UK to the United States, buying him a few more months in the relative safety of Her Majesty's Prison Belmarsh. Today at London's High Court, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Burnett approved a question on a technical …
They can, which would be the same as denying extradition. They have an obligation to consider the request for extradition, but they have no obligation to accept it. If they don't accept it, they are unlikely to permit him to remain in the UK, so he would likely be sent to Australia. The U.S. is then able to restart this whole affair with them. They probably have the paperwork ready to go to avoid him running to another place to hide, but once again, Australia would have the choice to say no.
I'm still mystified why he came to the UK in the first place. Even if the sexual assault charges where actually a US plot so they could extradite him*, surely the UK was always more likely to hand him over than the Swedish? (Or he could have picked a number of other countries.)
* Which I doubt, although I wouldn't be surprised if the US took as much advantage of the charges as they could.
Im not sure Australia can say no. He's a Oz born citizen. (disclaimer I dont understand Aus border rules - but Im pretty sure there's a global international agreement on this - just like when Priti tries to deport a person to Bangladesh)
There is nothing to stop them extraditing him to the US afaik - unless there is an arguement that its cruel and unusual following their preceding failure in the UK.
The boot tastes Yummy - sorta a combo of Hershey's kisses and Koolaid.
I've done a quick scan and a big chunk of those awards seem to be for "services for skulking in embassies" rather than journalist per se.
One of my biggest regrets in this is that the good Wikileaks could do is being lost in the service of St Julian's Ego.
Lets not forget they are partially culpable for Trump getting in (Dem email leaks) , which is ironic considering most republicans want to string him up.
> After losing his Supreme Court bid in 2012, he fled into the Ecuadorian embassy's broom cupboard in London, only to be turfed out in 2019 and promptly arrested
Ecuador did get a massive loan around the time, basically one month to the day after the cash was released, the cops were let inside the Ecuadorian embassy! The IMF, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is basically the US.
Amazingly, things happen in the world that are nothing to do with Assange.
Ecuador took Assange in to thumb their noses at the UK. They no doubt expected it to be a brief visit, but ended up saddled with him when the UK stood its ground.
And of course he was his usual gracious self as a guest during that period. When they kicked him out he had long, long worn out his welcome.
I don't think he should be deported to the US, though. Not because he is a wonderful person (he isn't), but because the American justice system (and its prisons) are pretty much a disgrace.
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