Assange’s wife says ‘the world is watching’ extradition appeal hearing (thehill.com)

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[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

He'll lose unfortunately, as he's been designated an enemy of big daddy US and the UK will bend over backwards to make sure that happens. The whole thing is ridiculous, he's been held for years now

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 5 points 4 months ago

Yep, watching to see if fame can still get you out of consequences for your crimes.

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Keep worshipping Big Brother. You're nothing but fodder for the state machine, and the saddest part is how comfortable you are being fodder.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 4 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

They have to know they can’t get away with this,” Stella Assange said at a protest outside of the Royal Courts of Justice in London, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.

Julian Assange has been attempting to avoid extradition to the U.S. for more than a decade, where he has been indicted on 17 charges including espionage and computer misuse.

He assisted U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in stealing diplomatic cables and military files, which would later be published on WikiLeaks, American prosecutors allege.

“He is being prosecuted for engaging in ordinary journalistic practice of obtaining and publishing classified information, information that is both true and of obvious and important public interest,” Edward Fitzgerald, Assange’s lawyer, said in court, per The Associated Press.

“Assange and WikiLeaks were responsible for the exposure of criminality on the part of the U.S. government on an unprecedented scale,” Fitzgerald said in written submissions, according to the AP.

The WikiLeaks founder’s lawyers have also said that, if convicted, he risks facing up to 175 years in prison, but American authorities have disagreed and said his sentence will probably be shorter.

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