UK high court: Assange can be extradited to US – Law – 10/12/2021 – Kuwait News Agency

UK high court: Assange can be extradited to US – Law – 10/12/2021 – Kuwait News Agency

LONDON, Dec 10 (KUNA) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited from the UK to the US, the High Court has ruled, according to the BBC on Friday, The US won its appeal against a January UK court ruling that he could not be extradited due to concerns over his mental health. Judges were reassured by US promises to reduce the risk of suicide. Assange is wanted in the US over the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011. Senior judges found the lower judge had based its decision in January on the risk of Assange being held in highly restrictive prison conditions if extradited. However, the US authorities later gave assurances that he would not face those strictest measures unless he committed an act in the future that merited them."It follows that we are satisfied that, if the assurances had been before the judge, she would have answered the relevant question differently." WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said: "Julian's life is once more under grave threat, and so is the right of journalists to publish material that governments and corporations find inconvenient. The US had offered four assurances, including that Assange would not be subject to