The London High Court on Monday granted Julian Assange the right to file an appeal because judges found the American legal team’s claims to be inadequate.
Two judges decided that Julian Assange’s battle to avoid being charged with espionage in the United States was not enough because assurances from the United States that they would not stop the American Wikileaks founder from contesting the First Amendment’s free speech guarantees during a trial were insufficient.
Thus, the judges ruled that Assange’s appeal against the abduction to the United States may get ahead.
The British High Court delayed ruling on the appeal in March, stating that Assange would be able to file an appeal if the Biden administration failed to give the court reassurance that America would not seek the death penalty for the Wikileaks founder and that the applicant is entitled to rely on the first article, that the person is not prejudiced at trial, including word, by virtue of his nationality, and that he is given the same first act [free talk ] privileges.
Assange’s attorneys acknowledged that Washington had made an “unambiguous professional guarantee” never to seek the death penalty at the reading on Monday, which was centered on the First Amendment.
According to the United States, Mr. Assange has been charged with 17 counts of espionage and computer use, alleging that he collaborated with former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning ( previously Bradley Manning ) to steal confidential documents that the United States has claimed threatened the lives of British intelligence officials and resources. If found guilty in the United States, the WikiLeaks leader could spend up to 175 years in prison.
Repatriation of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange to U. S. Delayed by British Judgeshttps: //t. co/oBmGBZDD4v
— Breitbart London ( @BreitbartLondon ) March 26, 2024
Mr Assange’s legal team has  , argued , that the release of the defined substance, which they say exposed crime by the United States during its military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, should be protected under the First Amendment, given that different leaked classified information, such as the New York Times release of the Pentagon Papers, having been found valid by the Supreme Court.
Speaking to Breitbart London in 2020, Assange’s parents,  , John Shipton , said:” I hope Americans look to their state and insist that their state follows the First Amendment completely”.
Prior to the court decision on Monday, Stella Assange, the family of the WikiLeaks leader, told the BBC that the hearing may be “decisive” in the historic legal battle but vowed to “fight on until Julian is free”.
Following the ruling on Monday, Mr. Assange will have a few months to prepare his legal arguments for the extradition appeal. He will then spend the rest of his time imprisoned in London’s Belmarsh prison, where he has been since 2019.
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— Breitbart London ( @BreitbartLondon ) February 26, 2020
