London court rebuffs US request to extradite Julian Assange
UK judge finds WikiLeaks founder is a suicide risk
04 January 2021 - 13:42
London — A UK judge on Monday blocked Julian Assange’s extradition, citing the risk of his suicide in a US jail, in a decision that gives the WikiLeaks founder a legal victory after close to a decade of imprisonment or self-imposed exile.
Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that his extradition to face espionage charges would be oppressive because of his mental health, saying he was “a depressed and sometimes despairing man genuinely fearful about his future”...
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