LONDON: Founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange has struggled long-term battles to avoid extradition to the United States to publish confidential documents.
The latest chapter began in the British and Wales High Court on Wednesday, when the US government requested a rejection by the London court in January to try it.
In one of the biggest leaks ever happened, the Wikilblowing Assange website released 470,000 US military documents that were classified between July and October 2010 related to US diplomacy and war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Later release another batch of more than 250,000 of our classified diplomatic cables.
In November, a Swedish prosecutor issued a European arrest warrant for Assange on charges of sexual violence involving two women.
He denied the claim, said they had consensual sex.
But he was arrested in London in December and was released with a guarantee a week later.
In February 2011 the British Judge Rules Assange could be extradited to Sweden.
He launched an appeal, claiming Sweden’s accusations was the pretext of moving it to the United States.
In June 2012 Assange took refuge at the Ecuador London Embassy.
Then ruled by the left-wing President Rafael Correa, the South American country gave him asylum in August.
In May 2017, the Swedish prosecutor dropped an investigation of sex attacks.
In December, Ecuador gave nationality but was blocked by the UK from according to him diplomatic status.
Ecuador – It is now ruled by the right-wing President Lenin Moreno and Keen to court with Washington – Said Assange’s hosting has become “untainted” in January 2018.
The peak of tension in April 2019 when Moreno said Assange had “repeatedly violated the” recurrent “condition” times violated “.
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Ecuador revoked his citizenship on April 10 the next day, the British police dragged him out of the embassy at the request of the US extradition.
In May, Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in the high security belmarsh prison in Southeast London for violating guarantees in 2010.
The US officially demanded Assange on May 23 by violating US diplomatic laws by publishing military and diplomatic secrets.
UN NILS Melzer’s rights experts said Assange had experienced vibrations “psychological torture” which seriously affected his health.
He made his first appearance since being imprisoned on June 15, notifying the court through the Wikileaks link video was “just a publisher”.
In the next appearance, he looked weak and confused.
On November 19, the Swedish prosecutor said they had dropped rape cases because “proof is not strong enough”.
The London court began listening to US extradition requests on February 24, but then postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
In early July around 40 NGOs called on Assange’s release.
On January 4, 2021, a old Bailey Judge rejected extradition.
The US submitted a reason to appeal and took this case to the High Court.
Julian Assange’s long fight against extradition
