Judges grant WikiLeaks founder permission to appeal against removal from UK but only if UK and US are unable to provide suitable assurances
founder could take his case to an appeal hearing but only if the UK and US are unable to provide the court with suitable assurances.
In a written judgment, handed down on Tuesday morning, Sharp said: “Before making a final decision on the application for leave to appeal, we will give the respondent an opportunity to give assurances.“If assurances are given then we will give the parties an opportunity to make further submissions before we make a final decision on the application for leave to appeal.”
If Assange had been denied permission to appeal he could have been extradited within days to face espionage charges in the US.that the charges, which relate to the publication by Assange and WikiLeaks of thousands of classified and diplomatic documents linked to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, were politically motivated and that the extradition request was unlawful.
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