Assange avoided extradition from the UK and trial in the US for more than 10 years, in America he faces life imprisonment
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The UK is extraditing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face a 175-year prison sentence. This decision was approved by British Home Secretary Priti Patel. This is reported by the British Ministry of the Interior.
“According to the Extradition Act 2003, the Secretary of State must sign an extradition order unless there are grounds to prohibit its execution. Extradition requests are sent to the Home Secretary only after the judge decides that it can proceed after considering various aspects of the case,” she said.
The ministry said Assange’s extradition was “consistent with his human rights” and that he would be treated appropriately in America.
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The creator of WikiLeaks became famous for investigating the activities of special services and publishing secret documents. After that, the United States accused him of disclosing state secrets and hacking.
The founder of WikiLeaks was arrested on a US warrant under the US-British treaty, and the maximum sentence he faced after extradition was five years in prison.
In 2012, Assange did not appear before a British court, which released him on £200,000 bail ($260,000 at current exchange rates). He did not appear in court, but took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He spent seven years in the building of the diplomatic mission until he was arrested at the embassy on April 11 after the Ecuadorian authorities agreed to this.
Assange soon began to experience serious mental problems – he developed suicidal thoughts and had a history of self-harm.
On May 23, 2019, the US Department of Justice filed 17 new charges against the founder of WikiLeaks, on the basis of which they demanded Assange’s extradition from London. This is a violation of the law on espionage, including the disclosure of the names of secret sources of information and collusion. If convicted, Assange could face up to 175 years in prison, a maximum of ten years on each count except the initial charge of conspiracy to hack computers, which carries up to five years in prison, according to a Justice Department statement.
Source: Segodnya
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