Cristina Kirchner considers an “alarming precedent” extradition of Assange

The Vice President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, stated this Saturday that the extradition to the United States of the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assangesets an “alarming precedent” for journalism and investigation around the world.

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“The decision to enable the extradition of Julian Assange not only puts his life in danger, but also sets an alarming precedent for all journalists in the world who investigate and seek the truth: journalistic discipline for all,” said the also former president (2007-2015) on her Twitter profile.

The Australian journalist, who has been in custody in the United Kingdom for more than ten years, is accused in the United States of 18 crimes of espionage and computer intrusion for having publicly exposed the abuses of the North American country in Guantánamo (Cuba), Iraq and Afghanistan, and having disclosed hundreds of confidential documents.

The UK Home Secretary signed the extradition order on Friday after a British court authorized the release of the Australian journalist on April 20 to be considered by the UK government.

The WikiLeaks founder has been confined in the United Kingdom for more than ten years without being convicted, first under house arrest as a result of a case of alleged sexual crimes already filed, and between 2012 and 2019 he was a refugee in the Embassy of Ecuador in London.

After his departure from that diplomatic legation in 2019, after Quito withdrew his refuge, the journalist remains in the Belmarsh high-security prison, east of London.

Source: Elcomercio

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