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Julian Assange's partner Stella Moris calls on US President Donald Trump to free the WikiLeaks founder after a UK court decided to block his extradition to the US to face espionage charges, finding he was at serious risk of suicide. SOUNDBITE from Julian Assange's partner
Supporters of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gather outside a British High Court on the last day of two-day hearing for the Wikileaks founder's final appeal against extradition to the United States, many of them costumed in fancy dress. Washington indicted Assange multiple times between 2018 and 2020 over WikiLeaks's publication of hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic files on the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. IMAGES
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out Monday whether he can be extradited from the UK to the US. Should the extradition be approved, Assange would face espionage charges over the publication of secret American military documents. But according to Newser, whichever side loses is expected to appeal, which could lead to years more legal wrangling. Stella Moris is Assange's partner and the mother of his two sons. She's appealed to President Trump via Twitter to grant a pardon to Assange before he leaves office. Lawyers for the US government said in their hearing in the fall that Assange's defense team had raised issues that were neither relevant nor admissible.
Stella Moris, the fiancee of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, calls for the Department of Justice to drop the charges against Assange and for the president of the US to pardon him after a London court denied him bail. SOUNDBITE
London, Jan 4 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Vickie Flores/Facundo Arrizabalaga)A British court on Monday rejected a request by the United States to extradite the founder of whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, on the grounds that it would be detrimental to his mental health and that he would be a suicide risk. Assange, an Australian citizen, is accused by the US of espionage over the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011.FOOTAGE OF STELLA MORRIS, ASSANGE'S PARTNER AND JOHN REES, DIRECTOR OF 'DON'T EXTRADITE ASSANGE'.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrives for his first in-person court appearance since he was moved to London's Belmarsh prison from Ecuador's embassy in April to determine whether he can be released from prison as he fights extradition to the United States. The 48-year-old Australian has been in custody at the high-security Belmarsh prison in southwest London since being dramatically dragged from Ecuador's embassy in April. He could be sentenced to spend up to 175 years in a US prison if convicted on all charges filed under the US Espionage Act. IMAGES
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