British justice opens the door to the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States

The High Court of London decided this Friday to annul the refusal to extradite Julian Assange to the United States, which dated from last January. American justice wants to judge him on his soil for the massive leak of confidential documents via his Wikileaks.–

The High Court of London decided this Friday to annul the refusal to extradite Julian Assange to the United States, paving the way for a possible surrender of the founder of WikiLeaks to the American authorities who want to try him on their soil for massive flight of confidential documents.

The 50-year-old Australian faces 175 years in prison. Upon reading the decision, his fiancée, Stella Moris, the mother of two sons, denounced a “serious miscarriage of justice”.

The courtyard “Authorize the call” formed by the United States, said Judge Tim Holroyde, which means that the first instance decision is set aside and the British courts will have to rule again on the American extradition request. Almost a year ago, British judge Vanessa Baraitser opposed this extradition, citing the risk of suicide of the founder of WikiLeaks.

The United States accuses Julian Assange of having released, as of 2010, more than 700,000 classified documents on American military and diplomatic activities, in particular in Iraq and Afghanistan.