The first courtroom jostling over a US extradition request brought an extraordinary claim — that Trump had offered Assange a pardon if he would say Russia had not been involved in leaking Democratic party emails.
Months later, Covid was wreaking havoc across the globe when proceedings resumed in earnest at the high court, with evidence being largely delivered by witnesses across often fragile remote links. But she wept tears of joy when the extradition request was denied. Julian Assange extradition ruling: what happens now? Decision is another milestone in year fight but focus now shifts to US appeal.
Wearing a shirt, tie and mask, he was sitting at a table, holding his head in his hand. In a court document circulated to media, Assange's lawyers rejected the U. They said Australia had given no indication it would consent to Assange being transferred there to serve a U. A demonstrator holds a placard outside the Royal Courts of Justice during a protest ahead of an appeal hearing over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition, in London, Britain, October 23, The appeal hearing is scheduled to last two days, with the judges expected to give their ruling at a later date.
Supporters of Assange gathered outside the court building from early on Wednesday, chanting "free Julian Assange", before his father and Stella Moris, his partner and mother of his two children, arrived. Speaking to reporters in London, Kristinn Hrafnsson, the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, said Ecuador had made surreptitious video and audio recordings of Assange and his interactions at the embassy, including a medical examination and meetings with legal representatives.
Photos: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Julian Assange gestures from a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on April 11, Assange, founder of the website WikiLeaks, has been a key figure in major leaks of classified government documents, cables and videos. Hide Caption. Assange holds a copy of The Guardian newspaper in London on July 26, , a day after WikiLeaks posted more than 90, classified documents related to the Afghanistan War.
Six days later, Swedish prosecutors issued a warrant for his arrest based on allegations of sexual assault from two women. Assange has always denied wrongdoing. Assange, in London, displays a page from WikiLeaks on October 23, The day before, WikiLeaks released approximately , classified military documents from the Iraq War. Assange and his bodyguards are seen after a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in November It was the month WikiLeaks began releasing diplomatic cables from US embassies.
Assange sits behind the tinted window of a police vehicle in London on December 14, Assange had turned himself in to London authorities on December 7 and was released on bail and put on house arrest on December In February , a judge ruled in support of Assange's extradition to Sweden.
Assange's lawyers filed an appeal. In October , a month after WikiLeaks released more than , US diplomatic cables, Assange speaks to demonstrators from the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Assange leaves the High Court in London in December He was taking his extradition case to the British Supreme Court. Assange leaves the Supreme Court in February In May of that year, the court denied his appeal against extradition. Expressing disappointment at the ruling, the US justice department noted that its legal arguments had prevailed.
Its position is that the leaks broke the law and endangered lives. The US authorities have 14 days in which to lodge an appeal and are expected to do so. Mr Assange will now be taken back to Belmarsh Prison - where he is being held - and a full application for his bail will be made on Wednesday. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that while US prosecutors had met the tests for Mr Assange to be extradited for trial, the US was incapable of preventing him from attempting to take his own life.
Outlining evidence of his self-harm and suicidal thoughts, she said: "The overall impression is of a depressed and sometimes despairing man fearful for his future. She said: "Faced with the conditions of near total isolation without the protective factors which limited his risk at HMP Belmarsh, I am satisfied the procedures described by the US will not prevent Mr Assange from finding a way to commit suicide and for this reason I have decided extradition would be oppressive by reason of mental harm and I order his discharge.
Mr Assange, who wore a blue suit and green face mask in the dock, closed his eyes as the judge read out her ruling on Monday. His fiancee Stella Moris, with whom he has two young sons, wept and was comforted by Wikileaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, who sat next to her in court. Speaking outside court after the ruling, she called on the US president to "end this now". Free Julian, free the press, free us all. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser explicitly concluded that Mr Assange should answer allegations that he aided and abetted hacking, theft and the disclosure of the identities of informants working for the US security agencies - disclosures that endangered their lives.
In English law, that would be enough for him to be charged with a crime here - and so the route was open for Mr Assange to face trial for the same in the United States.
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