Julian Assange to Continue Extradition Fight
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will be allowed to stay in Britain a little bit longer. Two High Court judges in London ruled today that Assange had the right to petition the Supreme Court to hear his case against his extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations.
The Washington Post reports that Assange will have 14 days to lodge a written appeal to the Supreme Court. The court will then decide if it will hear Assange’s case.
The two High Court judges, John Thomas and Duncan Ouseley, said that Assange raised a question of “general public interest” and that Assange should be allowed to bring his case to the Supreme Court. After the ruling, Assange said:
“The High Court has decided that an issue that arises from my own case is of general public importance and may be of assistance in other cases and should be heard at the Supreme Court… I think this is the right decision and I am thankful. The long struggle for justice for me and for others continues.”
The Washington Post reports that if Assange had lost his ruling he would have been extradited to Sweden within 10 days. Assange faces charges of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion in Sweden.
Assange’s lawyers argued that the warrant for his arrest was flawed because it was signed by a public prosecutor. The judges agreed but said that the chances of Assange winning his appeal are “extraordinarily slim.”
Claes Borgstrom, the lawyer who is representing Assange’s alleged victims, said that the High Court’s decision is just delaying the inevitable. Borgstrom told the CS Monitor:
“My clients have waited for over a year for a legal conclusion of this and now they will have to wait even longer. Then it will still end with Assange being transferred to Sweden. The rules are very clear about this.”
Do you think Julian Assange will be extradited to Sweden?
Tags : julian assange, julian assange extradition, supreme court, wikileaks
Posted: December 5, 2011
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Dec 5, 2011
This guy should be shot for treasonous actions against the U.S. He is responsible for the death of many through his exposing sensitive information regarding state secrets. We should have a vigilante.com where we can follow his where-bouts and have someone in the locality to eliminate this surge. Like the "Cleaner". He is not just an ordinary criminal. He is all about bring destruction to America.
Dec 5, 2011
Sarah, go back to your kids and make dinner for someone because your lack of knowledge has made you a dumbass for the day…. I think this guy is one of many who deserves to be left where he is at… He has exposed corruption, greed and much more…. He is a hero to all allies who look for a more peaceful world.
Dec 5, 2011
This man brought out into the open the corruption within our government as well as others. He opened the eyes of the people all over the world to the underhanded politics that is going on. He deserves a medal for that. In my opinion he is being extradited to Sweden because of this. I would not be surprised to hear that he has been murdered the order of a government and that too will be brushed under the carpet.
Dec 5, 2011
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Dec 5, 2011
He can't be shot for treason. He isn't a citizen of the U.S.. Treason is an offence that is commited by someone who has sworn allegence to a country. And don't you find it the least bit strange that none of thes charges against him came up before he leaked secret information on governments around the world? (Not just our country.)
Dec 5, 2011
Budd LaFever thank you budd… People just like to talk and don't even know what is going on… Wake up America and read from every source you can find not just the one's fed to you via tv…. There is this great thing called the Internet that allows you to travel via cyber space… it's great!