Stella Assange The wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said this Wednesday before the court deciding on his extradition to the United States that she believes “unimaginable” that the UK could extradite him”to a country that was planning to kill him.”

“It is inconceivable that this country would hand Julian over to a country and people who planned to kill him. He is a political prisoner and must be released,” said an activist surrounded by dozens of protesters outside the High Court in London.

Stella Assange said that the former hacker this is “too bad”Therefore, he could not attend either this Wednesday or yesterday, Tuesday.

He viewed the trial as “a farce that must end” so that Assange could be released from prison after five years behind bars awaiting his eventual extradition to the United States.

At the end of the day this Wednesday, judges Victoria Sharp and Adam Johnson They will make a decision to issue an opinion immediately. or they move it to another date.

The 52-year-old Australian’s defense is asking magistrates to allow him to appeal parts of the case they did not consider in another trial in 2021. and an extradition order signed in April 2022. then Home Secretary Priti Patel.

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If they agree to Assange’s request, a new appeal hearing will begin in England, which may continue over time.

If they refuse you, The deportation process to the US will be activatedwhich accuses him of 18 crimes of espionage and computer hacking for revelations on his portal, punishable by up to 175 years in prison.

What did Julian Assange do?

Julian Assange launched WikiLeaks in 2006, creating “Fake letter delivery” site for possible leaks.

The site became famous in April 2010 when it posted a secret video in which showed a US helicopter attack in 2007 which killed a dozen people in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, including two journalists from Reuters.

He also revealed more 90 thousand secret military documents from the USA about the war in Afghanistan and about 400,000 classified American files about the war in Iraq.

This was followed by the publicationand 250 thousand diplomatic telegrams secrets of American embassies around the world, some of which was published by newspapers such as New York Times And The keeper.

(according to information from EFE)