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Arthur Besse @lemmy.ml

11mo ago

British High Court rules Julian Assange won’t be immediately extradited; next appeal hearing will be May 20

www.aljazeera.com UK court rules Assange can take US extradition appeal to new hearing

London court to rule whether WikiLeaks founder can lodge a final appeal against his extradition from the UK to the US.

UK court rules Assange can take US extradition appeal to new hearing

The court's ruling today is here: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Assange-Order-6.pdf

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Fucking hell.
My neighbour has been protesting this bullshit every Wednesday and Saturday for years and years and years. He went down super early today for this announcement. And once again they are just kicking the can down the road. This is incredibly illegal, and fucking outrageous. The man has been illegally detained in Belmarsh for 5 fucking years! He spent 7 years in an embassy. This is nothing short of torture. They are even offering him plea deals now so that they can claim a moral victory and not be sued in return.
Fuck everything about the west. Stop killing Julian Assange.
- But you have got to understand: The USA (A country he is neither a citizen of nor lives in) has declared that some things would make them cranky if someone published them, so naturally their sensitivities have to count for something, right? I mean… they are really, really cranky about this, so they should be able to enact some of their laws onto completely foreign people that haven't broken any laws in the place they lived. But… have I mentioned how very cranky the USA is?
  
  This is what I don't understand. How can the USA trial him for treason? Wikipedia says
  Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance
  Why would an Australian owe allegiance to the US?
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