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Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeakstook what would become his last opportunity before an English court to stop his extradition to the United States to face criminal charges, including
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeakstook what would become his last opportunity before an English court to stop his extradition to the United States to face criminal charges, including espionage.
Assange born in Townsville (Australia) in July 1971.parents who were devoted to the theater and traveled often.
As a teenager he the journalist has earned a reputation as an experienced programmer and in 1995 he was arrested and found guilty of computer hacking.
He was fined but avoided prison on the condition that he did not repeat the crime.
He studied at the University of Melbourne. study mathematics and physics.
Julian Assange inserted WikiLeaks March 2006by creating a “fake letter delivery” website for potential whistleblowers.
Place Internet He rose to prominence in April 2010 when he released a secret video showing a 2007 US helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, including two journalists from Reuters.
He also revealed more 90,000 secret US military documents on the war in Afghanistan and about 400,000 classified US documents about the Iraq War.
Both leaks were serious security breaches this type in military history USA.
They were followed by the publication 250 thousand secret diplomatic cables from American embassies around the world, some of the information was published by such newspapers as New York Times And The keeper.
Leaks They angered American politicians and military who argued that unauthorized distribution endangered people’s lives.
Former Army Intelligence Analyst, Chelsea Manning served seven years in military prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of messages and cables to WikiLeaks before released by order of President Barack Obama.
On November 18, 2010, a Swedish court ordered Assange’s arrest following an investigation into allegations of sex crimes made by two Swedish WikiLeaks volunteers.
Although December 7 In 2010, Assange was arrested by British police. based on a European Arrest Warrant (EWO) issued by Sweden.
Assange denied the accusations and said from the very beginning that he believed in The Swedish case became the reason for his extradition to the United States bring charges for WikiLeaks publications.
The decision to extradite him to Sweden for questioning was made in February 2011, and his subsequent appeals were unsuccessful.
In June 2012, shortly after the UK Supreme Court rejected his final appeal, he entered into The Ecuadorian embassy in London requests asylum.
Ecuador granted Assange asylum on August 16, 2012. while the British police stood guard 24 hours a day to prevent his escape, claiming that he would be arrested if he left.
He dead end did Assange lived in a crowded embassy.
Prosecutors The Swedes abandoned their research in 2017but British police said he would still be detained if he left the embassy for failing to surrender to bail earlier.
While at the embassy he two children with his partner Stella Maurice.
On April 11, 2019, a screaming Assange was taken from the embassy and arrested after Ecuador revoked his political asylum.
He was jailed for 50 weeks in May for breaching his bail conditions. In June 2019, the US Department of Justice formally asked the UK to extradite him to the US, where he faces 18 charges of conspiracy to hack US government computers and violating espionage laws.
Although Assange completed his prison sentence in September 2019.remained in Belmarsh maximum security prison awaiting extradition hearings.
January 4, 2021 A British judge has ruled that Assange should not be extradited to the US. claiming his mental health problems meant he would be at risk suicide.
However, in December 2021, US authorities won an appeal against this decision in the High Court in London, providing a package of guarantees regarding Assange’s conditions of detention if he is found guilty, including a promise that he could be transferred to Australia to serve any sentence. .
On 23 March 2022, Assange married Stella, his long-term partner, in Belmarsh.
By June 2022, the then UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approves extraditionand last year a London High Court judge rejected his request to appeal.
In a two-day hearing that began on Tuesday before two senior judges, Assange’s legal team sought permission to file a final appeal to overturn the extradition order in the English courts.
if you have successyour case will be considered in full.
When losethe only obstacle to his extradition would be European Court of Human Rights. However, It has already rejected two of his requests in 2015 and 2022.
If Julian Assange is extradited, his supporters say he could be sent to a maximum security US prison and face up to 175 years in prison if convicted.
U.S. prosecutors said the sentence would not exceed 63 months. (Reuters)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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