Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's extradition fight is now in the hands of Home Secretary Priti Patel who will decide whether to send him to the US to ...
He added: “Having sent your case to the Secretary of State, you have the right to appeal to the High Court. If you exercise your right to appeal, it won’t be heard until the Secretary of State has made her decision unde the Act”. The judge told Assange: “I am duty bound to send your case to the Secretary of State for a decision on whether or not you should be extradited.” At Westminster magistrates court on Wednesday, Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring formally approved Assange’s extradition, handing the decision on to the Home Secretary for final agreement.
The extradition order must now be signed by Patel, after which Assange can try to challenge the decision by judicial review.
The extradition order must now be signed by Patel, after which Assange can try to challenge the decision by judicial review. The procedural step, in what has been a long-running and high-profile legal battle, was announced at a hearing in central London following a March decision to deny Australian-born Assange permission to appeal against his extradition. The procedural step, in what has been a long-running and high-profile legal battle, was announced at a hearing in central London following a March decision to deny Australian-born Assange permission to appeal against his extradition.
Julian Assange will urge the home secretary not to extradite him to the United States because of the lengthy jail sentence he faces for hacking and ...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the US has edged a step closer after magistrates formally issued an order paving the way for him to face ...
His legal team claimed the publication of classified documents exposed US wrongdoing and were in the public interest. Mr Assange, who married his fiancee Stella Morris last month, has been held in Belmarsh prison for three years since being dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US has edged a step closer after magistrates formally issued an order paving the way for him to face espionage charges
BREAKING: Extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange rests with UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. The verdict was passed during a seven-minute hearing.
Julian faces a potential sentence of 175 years.” It added: “The decision to indict him was a political act motivated by malice. We cannot do it alone and we need your support.”
On 20 April, the Westminster Magistrates' Court signed an order confirming the alarming next step in the more than decade-long case against Wikileaks ...
Put simply, Assange’s life is at risk if he is extradited to the United States. Assange’s legal defence team now has four weeks to make representations, meaning that after 18 May, Home Secretary Priti Patel could approve or reject the extradition order at any time. RSF fully believes that Assange has been targeted for this important contribution to journalism.
Westminster Magistrates' Court formally issue an order to extradite the WikiLeaks founder this morning, after years of legal toing and froing.
Two prison officers attended the wedding, one of whom acted as photographer But the agreement is criticised as 'one-sided' by critics, because it allows the US to demand extradition of British citizens and other nationals for offences committed against US law - even if they take place in the UK. But there is no reciprocal right. Assange’s lawyers have already indicated that they intend to launch a further challenge at the High Court. It is here that his team will focus their fire now. Last month he was denied permission to appeal his extradition to the US. He asked the Supreme Court to allow him to challenge a December 2021 decision by the High Court, which ruled he could be extradited to America. Assange's supporters, including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and members of Amnesty International, held a protest outside the court in the build up to the hearing The statement added: 'No appeal to the High Court has yet been filed by him in respect of the other important issues he raised previously in Westminster Magistrates' Court. Pictured: Assange's wife Stella Moris outside court today And they say the Home Secretary has the power to reject the extradition, if she wishes. Last month Assange was denied permission to appeal his extradition to the US. He had asked the Supreme Court to allow him to challenge a December 2021 decision by the High Court, which ruled he could be extradited to America. However, responding to the judgment, Assange's legal team said: 'No appeal to the High Court has yet been filed by him in respect of the other important issues he raised previously in Westminster Magistrates' Court.' And they say the Home Secretary has the power to reject the extradition, if she wishes.
Home secretary will decide in four weeks whether to approve Julian Assange's extradition to the US, where he faces espionage and hacking charges.
Assange will remain in Belmarsh Prison until Patel makes a decision to accept or reject the extradition order. That decision was overturned by the High Court in London after the US gave diplomatic assurances that it would provide adequate medical care and would not hold Assange in conditions amounting to solitary confinement. Assange has the right to appeal to the High Court, but any appeal will not be heard until after the home secretary has made her decision, said Goldspring.
London, Apr 20 (PTI) The extradition case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, wanted in the US over the alleged leak of classified documents related to the ...
We will carry on campaigning.” In March, the WikiLeaks Founder lost an appeal against his extradition in the UK Supreme Court. Lawyers had argued that he should not be taken to the US because of a real and “oppressive” risk of suicide and won the right to appeal in Britain’s highest court. The US indictment against him claims Assange conspired to crack a scrambled password, known as “hash”, to a classified US defence department computer. Assange, who has denied any wrongdoing, was seen making a heart shape with his hands directed at his new wife Stella Moris – a lawyer whom the Australian campaigner married in prison last month.
In Pontefract market hall, Ukrainian flags are flying. Castleford's Yorkshire Craft Beer shop is selling Ukrainian beer in aid of Ukraine.
The incompetence of Priti Patel’s Home Office should not be allowed to bring shame upon us all. Our country wants to come together to support Ukraine and to help Ukrainian refugees. The Government needs to urgently get a grip.
The order was issued by Westminster Magistrates' Court and will now be sent to the Home Secretary for approval.
He is wanted in the US over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The 50-year-old appeared to form a heart shape with his hands during part of the hearing. Priti Patel is to decide the fate of Julian Assange after a court ordered his extradition to the US.
SOME months ago I watched a late-night news programme which had tried to follow the journeys of young African men from their homes to the refugee camps of ...
On his way north he had been kidnapped, tortured, enslaved and held for ransom by Libyan gangsters who forced his family to go further into debt to obtain his release. SOME months ago I watched a late-night news programme which had tried to follow the journeys of young African men from their homes to the refugee camps of Calais. One young man had taken almost two years to make the journey. His family had sold their home – what we would consider a large, poorly constructed garden shed – and taken out loans to finance his journey to the “promised land” facilitated by people smugglers.
Julian Assange came a step closer to extradition today, when chief magistrate Paul Goldspring sent his case to the Home Secretary to consider.
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