The Wikileaks co-founder has faced years-long persecution for exposing alleged American war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Extradition hearing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, in London / Photo: Reutersagainst his extradition to the United States where he faces years in prison for leaking documents that showed American abuse of power in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Experts warn the latest development is not a final victory for the Australian who released hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents on Washington's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq where tens of thousands of civilians were killed. Assange was arrested by the UK police in 2019 for not showing up before a court over a warrant issued seven years earlier.
"If they are successful on this particular strand of appeal, then it will be hugely significant for other such cases, but arguably, it's more relevant to Julian Assange because he's not a US citizen whereas, Snowden, for example, is," he says. While former US President Donald Trump used the Justice Department to pursue charges against Assange, Gosztola says the Biden administration continued to pursue them.
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