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‘Miscarriage of justice:’ British court agrees to US request to extradite Julian Assange

Julian Assange's fiancee said: “How can it be fair, how can it be right, how can it be possible, to extradite Julian to the very country which plotted to kill him?”

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-12-10 11:22
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Credit: WikiLeaks Twitter

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The US Government has won its bid to overturn a judge’s decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

With moments of the decisions, Wikileaks tweet this: “BREAKING: High Court decision “Grave miscarriage of justice,” says Julian Assange’s fiancée, as a UK court overturns an earlier decision blocking the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.”

BREAKING: High Court decision “Grave miscarriage of justice,” says Julian Assange’s fiancée, as a UK court overturns an earlier decision blocking the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States | @StellaMoris1 #FreeAssangeNOW #AssangeCase pic.twitter.com/Jc98oAfvuP

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) December 10, 2021

Outside of court, Reporters Without Borders said: “It is the crucial moment for all journalists, everywhere, to defend Julian Assange.”

Reporters Without Borders: "It is the crucial moment for all journalists, everywhere, to defend Julian Assange" #AssangeCase #FreeAssangeNOW pic.twitter.com/9LxakdqSGa

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) December 10, 2021

His fiancee Stella Moris wroe: “How can it be fair, how can it be right, how can it be possible, to extradite Julian to the very country which plotted to kill him?”

Julian Assange fiancee @StellaMoris1: “How can it be fair, how can it be right, how can it be possible, to extradite Julian to the very country which plotted to kill him?” #FreeAssangeNOW #AssangeCase https://t.co/0K3ojEkwaK pic.twitter.com/b2q7Nz6RwL

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) December 10, 2021

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Assange, 50, is wanted in America over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following WikiLeaks’s publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

US authorities brought a High Court challenge against a January ruling by then-district judge Vanessa Baraitser that Assange should not be sent to the US, in which she cited a real and “oppressive” risk of suicide.

Julian Assange's fiancee, Stella Moris, says they will be appealing at the "earliest possible moment"

The High Court has reversed a decision not to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to the US, where he is wanted for publishing classified documents.

More: https://t.co/WfMVEbEXhy pic.twitter.com/RKQzz4G82c

— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 10, 2021

After a two-day hearing in October, the Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, sitting with Lord Justice Holroyde, ruled in favour of the US on Friday.

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The senior judges found that the judge had based her decision on the risk of Assange being held in highly restrictive prison conditions if extradited.

However, the US authorities later gave assurances that Assange would not face those strictest measures either pre-trial or post-conviction unless he committed an act in the future that required them.

Lord Burnett said: “That risk is in our judgment excluded by the assurances which are offered. It follows that we are satisfied that, if the assurances had been before the judge, she would have answered the relevant question differently.”

He added: “That conclusion is sufficient to determine this appeal in the USA’s favour.”

It is expected that Assange will attempt to bring an appeal over this latest decision.

The High Court was previously told that blocking Assange’s removal due to his mental health risks “rewarding fugitives for their flight”.

James Lewis QC, for the US, said the district judge based her decision on Assange’s “intellectual ability to circumvent suicide preventative measures”, which risked becoming a “trump card” for anyone who wanted to oppose their extradition regardless of any resources the other state might have.

Solemn matter

Mr Lewis said that the four “binding” diplomatic assurances made were a “solemn matter” and “are not dished out like smarties”.

These included that Assange would not be submitted to special administrative measures (SAMs) and detained at the ADX Florence Supermax jail if extradited and that the US would consent to Assange being transferred to Australia to serve any prison sentence he may be given.

The US authorities also argued Assange is well enough to be extradited, with Mr Lewis telling the court his mental illness “does not even come close” to being severe enough to prevent being sent overseas.

But lawyers representing Assange, who opposed the US’s bid to overturn the extradition block, had argued that the assurances over the WikiLeaks founder’s potential treatment were “meaningless” and “vague”.

Edward Fitzgerald QC said the judge had produced a “carefully considered and fully reasoned judgment”, adding it was “clear” she had “scrupulously applied the test for oppression in cases of mental disorder”.

Isolation

Mr Fitzgerald later said that assurances not to impose SAMs on Assange or hold him at the ADX Florence Supermax jail pre-trial or post-conviction do not remove the risk of “conditions of administrative isolation”.

The court also heard that Assange had faced a “menacing, threatening and frightening” situation while under surveillance when he lived at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Mr Fitzgerald argued in written submissions that claims of “extreme measures of surveillance”, alongside subsequent “recent disclosures about CIA plans from the same period in time to seriously harm Julian Assange”, justified earlier concerns for the safety and privacy of his partner Stella Moris.

Assange has been held in Belmarsh Prison since 2019 after he was carried out of the Ecuadorian embassy by police before being arrested for breaching his bail conditions.

He had entered the building in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sex offence allegations, which he has always denied and were eventually dropped.

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On Human Rights Day, the UK which lectures other nations on human rights is guilty of a crime against humanity. Julian Assange was arbitrarily detained for 9 yrs & tortured for the crime of journalism. It's not Julian who should be behind bars, it's the war criminals he exposed.

— RD Hale (@RickyDHale) December 10, 2021

2.

Julian Assange fiancee @StellaMoris1: “How can it be fair, how can it be right, how can it be possible, to extradite Julian to the very country which plotted to kill him?” #FreeAssangeNOW #AssangeCase https://t.co/0K3ojEkwaK pic.twitter.com/b2q7Nz6RwL

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) December 10, 2021

3.

BREAKING: The US government has *won* its appeal in Julian Assange's extradition case. This is an absolute travesty and it behooves anyone and everyone who cares – or claims to care – about him to do everything they can to fight this with every ounce of energy they can muster.

— Kit Klarenberg (@KitKlarenberg) December 10, 2021

4.

THREAD We condemn today’s UK High Court decision to allow the extradition of Julian Assange to the US, which will prove historic for all the wrong reasons. We fully believe that Julian Assange has been targeted for his contributions to journalism. pic.twitter.com/eGHXkhGoKf

— Christophe Deloire (@cdeloire) December 10, 2021

5.

High Court overturn the decision not to extradite Julian Assange.

But not those who offend on British shores & Patel is trying to remove.

Funny old judicial we have🙄

— sandieshoes 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@sandieshoes) December 10, 2021

6.

The US just won its appeal to extradite Julian Assange to the US where he could serve the next 175 years in prison for the crime of exposing America’s war crimes. A travesty beyond words.

— ashok kumar 🇵🇸 (@broseph_stalin) December 10, 2021

7.

British justice buckles to US pressure and will extradite Julian Assange to the US for a kangaroo court hearing , shame on you Britain shame , and as always shame of the Morrison government for sitting on its hands doing nothing to help an Australian citizen

— stephen (@johnsy123aus) December 10, 2021

Related: Jeremy Corbyn joins Julian Assange supporters at High Court

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