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April 17, 2024

Extradition of Julian Assange Edges Closer as U.S. Gives Assurances to U.K. over His Rights
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The possible extradition of imprisoned Wiki Leaks publisher Julian
Assange to the United States has edged a step closer. On Tuesday, the
Biden administration provided assurances to the British High Court that
Assange would not face the death penalty and that his First Amendment
rights would be protected if he were to be extradited from Britain,
where he has been locked up for five years. Assange's wife Stella
slammed the U.S. response, saying, "The diplomatic note does nothing to
relieve our family's extreme distress about his future - his grim
expectation of spending the rest of his life in isolation in U.S. prison
for publishing award-winning journalism."


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