London’s High Court ruled on Tuesday postpone decision on appeal in the case of Australian journalist Julian Assangefounder of the WikiLeaks portal, so they will not immediately extradite him to the United States.

On February 21, the second and final hearing took place in court. to decide whether to allow the activist to continue his appeal in the United Kingdom. or, on the other hand, whether his extradition to the United States can be effected.

The decision had not yet been made, but now it has been postponed again. Assange is in preventive detention in London’s Belmarsh maximum security prison.or he attended both hearings because he was ill, This was announced by one of his lawyers, Edward Fitzgerald.

Dozens of people again gathered at the doors of a London court call for Assange’s release and for the US charges against him to be dropped. He also attended the event Stella Assangewife of the founder of WikiLeaks.

Judges Victoria Sharp and Adam Johnson They decided to postpone the decision to a new date.

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The 52-year-old Australian’s defense asks the judges allow you to appeal parts of this case which they did not consider in another trial in 2021, as well as a transfer order signed in April 2022 by then Home Secretary Priti Patel.

If they agree to Assange’s request, A new appeal process will begin in Englandwhich may continue over time.

If refused, the process of deportation to the United States will be activated. who needs it for 18 crimes of espionage and computer hacking for revelations on their website – punishment of up to 175 years in prison.

Assange’s lawyers believe that his surrender would violate the 2003 UK-US extradition treaty. Because these are crimes of a political nature, although the US claims that these are criminal charges, since he endangered the lives of many informants with his revelations.

He also believes that extradition will violate your rights to a fair trial and freedom of expressiongiven that they may be given fewer rights than a US citizen because they are Australian citizens.

Assange, an autist, suffers from depression and other ailments. He was imprisoned in the United Kingdom for almost 14 years. despite the fact that he was not convicted of any crime.

After being arrested in 2010 at the request of Sweden in a case that is now closed, Between 2012 and 2019, he found political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. after which he was arrested at the request of the United States and transferred to Belmarsh.

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Fidel Narvaez, former Ecuadorian consul in London, noted in Aristegui Live this andThe essence of the case against the founder of Wikileaks is political, because the “establishment” and the US military-industrial complex are seeking revenge on the journalist.

(according to information from EFE And Aristegui News)