Julian Assange, absent again on the decisive day of his extradition trial to the USA.

The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assangewas absent this Wednesday from the second and final session of the trial in which a London court is analyzing his appeal to avoid extradition to U.S.

Assange nor was he present on Tuesday, at the beginning of the hearing in High Court of Justice, Londonultimately left for the Australian in the United Kingdom to avoid his surrender to the U.Swhere he is accused of espionage.

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“He was not feeling well and is not present“, declared his lawyer on Tuesday, Edward Fitzgeraldwhen announcing his client’s illness.

The lawyer for Assange defended freedom of information on Tuesday to prevent his extradition to U.Sand argued that there are “political motivations“by request.

Two magistrates will soon decide whether UK delivery to the founder of WikiLeaks for U.Swho wants to try him for massive leaks of confidential documents.

If extradited, he could be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison in U.S.

“My client is being sued for carrying out a common journalistic practice of obtaining and publishing classified information, true information of obvious and important public interest.”he said on Tuesday Fitzgeraldbefore him Superior Court of London Justice.

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Confidential documents

Assange is claimed in U.S for having published since 2010 more than 700,000 confidential documents on the military and diplomatic activities of the North American country, particularly in Iraq It is Afghanistan.

On Wednesday, lawyers from U.S They urged the court to reject the appeal of Assange.

Claire Dobbinlawyer representing washingtontold the court that the accusation is “based on the rule of law and evidence” against Assange.

“He indiscriminately and knowingly published to the world the names of people who acted as sources of information for U.S”he said, adding that this fact differentiates it from other media outlets.

“It is these facts that distinguish him, not his political opinions”, Dobbin noted.

On Tuesday, another of his defense lawyers Assange, Marcos Verõesspoke of a U.S. plan, according to a 2021 Yahoo News article, to kill or kidnap his client in 2017.

Yes Assange successfully emerges from Wednesday’s trial, he will likely face another hearing in UKon a date to be defined, which should confirm that he was not extradited.

If the London court confirms his extradition on Wednesday, Assange The European Court of Human Rights would be the last resort (ECHR), noted his followers in December.

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Fragile health

In the days leading up to the trial, his wife warned him about the fragile state of health of the 52-year-old Australian.

“Your health is deteriorating, physically and mentally. “His life is in danger every day he remains in prison and if he is extradited he will die,” he stated on Thursday.

The founder of WikiLeaks He was arrested by British police in 2019, after seven years confined in the British embassy. Ecuador in Londonwhere he took refuge to avoid being extradited on charges of sexual assault against Swedencharges that were later dropped.

In January 2021, a court British initially rejected the extradition request of U.S.

The North American appeal meant that, in December 2021, the British court overturned the first decision and paved the way for his extradition.

The appeal of Assange did not bear fruit and in April 2022 a British court authorized the extraditionwhich was accepted two months later by the British government.

Source: Elcomercio

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