Assange will make his final appeal in the UK against his extradition to the United States in February.

The trial to analyze the final appeal of the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assangeat the UK against his extradition to U.S It is scheduled for February 20th and 21st, his wife informed this Tuesday on X (formerly Twitter), Stella Moris-Assange.

WikiLeaks For his part, he said in a statement that this process “could be the last opportunity” for the Australian to prevent his handover to the United States, which condemns him for 17 crimes of espionage and computer intrusion, punishable by up to 175 years in prison. prison. for the revelations on your portal.

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At the two-day hearing, two judges from the London High Court They will review the decision taken on June 6 by a single magistrate, Jonathan Swift, to deny him permission for any further appeal, which his legal team has questioned.

In this last phase of his legal battle, Assange faces two possible outcomes: that the two judges authorize him to appeal the parts of his case that until now his defense has not addressed or that, on the other hand, they agree with Swift on the prohibition against him from continuing to resort, which would activate the delivery mechanism to U.S.

The journalist could also appeal to the European Court of Human Rightsis noted in the note.

In June’s opinion, Fast approved the extradition authorization signed on June 17, 2022 by the then Home Secretary, Priti Patel.

And, in a parallel decision, rejected that the 52-year-old journalist could appeal parts of a January 2021 decision, which, among other things, prohibited his extradition on the grounds that he presented a risk of suicide.

Although this decision by the first instance judge Vanessa Baraitzer was favorable – although he later successfully appealed washington-, Assange’s legal team reserved the right to later question some of the arguments she had dismissed.

Julian Assange was confined in London’s high security prison Belmarsh as he was detained at the request of the United States following his expulsion on April 11, 2019 from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, which withdrew his asylum.

The computer specialist took refuge in the diplomatic legation in 2012, after his first arrest in the British capital in 2010, at the request of Sweden, for a case now archived.

Stella Assange, who Assange married in prison after having two children with her while in the embassy, ​​said today that “llast four and a half years have had a considerable impact on Julian and our family.”

“His mental health and physical condition have worsened significantly”maintained the lawyer.

“A fair trial, much less the safety of Julian on American soil, they are impossible if he is extradited. The persecution of this innocent journalist and editor must end” he declared.

Source: Elcomercio

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