{"id":38992,"date":"2021-01-04T15:41:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T15:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/31895\/Assanges-US-Extradition-Blocked-On-Health-Grounds.html"},"modified":"2021-01-04T15:41:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T15:41:05","slug":"assanges-us-extradition-blocked-on-health-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/assanges-us-extradition-blocked-on-health-grounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Assange&#8217;s US Extradition Blocked On Health Grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<style data-emotion-css=\"94m6rd-HeadingWrapper\">.css-94m6rd-HeadingWrapper{border-bottom:solid 1px #BABABA;padding-bottom:1.5rem;}.css-94m6rd-HeadingWrapper > *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}<\/style>\n<header class=\"css-94m6rd-HeadingWrapper e1nh2i2l1\">\n<style 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Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain January 13, 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/12F88\/production\/_116340777_hi062193132.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/12F88\/production\/_116340777_hi062193132.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/12F88\/production\/_116340777_hi062193132.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/12F88\/production\/_116340777_hi062193132.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/12F88\/production\/_116340777_hi062193132.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/12F88\/production\/_116340777_hi062193132.jpg 976w\" src=\"https:\/\/c.files.bbci.co.uk\/12F88\/production\/_116340777_hi062193132.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0\"><\/noscript><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<style 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readability=\"32\">\n<style data-emotion-css=\"83cqas-RichTextContainer\">.css-83cqas-RichTextContainer{color:#3F3F42;}.css-83cqas-RichTextContainer > *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"34\">\n<p><style data-emotion-css=\"14iz86j-BoldText\">.css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}<\/style>\n<p><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States, a court in London has ruled.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"31.5\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>The judge blocked the request because of concerns over Mr Assange&#8217;s mental health and risk of suicide in the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"32.5\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Mr Assange, who is wanted over the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011, says the case is politically motivated. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"32\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"34\">\n<p>Expressing disappointment at the ruling, the US justice department noted that its legal arguments had prevailed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"unordered-list-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<style data-emotion-css=\"1pzprxn-BulletListContainer\">.css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer{margin-left:1.5rem;}.css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ 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readability=\"33\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"36\">\n<p>She said: &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"css-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80\">\n<figure class=\"css-2y05cd-StyledFigure e34k3c20\">\n<div class=\"css-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c22\"><span class=\"css-1xtcmof-Placeholder e16icw910\"><span><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wikileaks founder Julian Assange&quot;s partner, Stella Moris, raises her fist as she speaks to the media outside the Old Bailey, London, following the ruling that he cannot be extradited to the United 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Assange, 49, was facing an 18-count indictment, alleging a plot to hack computers and a conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/8812\/production\/_116343843_hi065054470.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/8812\/production\/_116343843_hi065054470.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8812\/production\/_116343843_hi065054470.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/8812\/production\/_116343843_hi065054470.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/8812\/production\/_116343843_hi065054470.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/8812\/production\/_116343843_hi065054470.jpg 976w\" src=\"https:\/\/c.files.bbci.co.uk\/8812\/production\/_116343843_hi065054470.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0\"><\/noscript><\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1ecljvk-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c23\"><span class=\"css-oyqyoe-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">image copyright<\/span>PA Media<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c21\"><span class=\"css-oyqyoe-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">image caption<\/span>Mr Assange&#8217;s partner, lawyer Stella Moris, said &#8220;today&#8217;s victory is a first step towards justice&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"32.5\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"33\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"36\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"31.5\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Speaking outside court after the ruling, she called on the US president to &#8220;end this now&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"33.5\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>&#8220;Mr President, tear down these prison walls,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Let our little boys have their father. 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https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/9F00\/production\/_116340704_dominiccasciani21_tr-nc.png 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/9F00\/production\/_116340704_dominiccasciani21_tr-nc.png 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/9F00\/production\/_116340704_dominiccasciani21_tr-nc.png 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/9F00\/production\/_116340704_dominiccasciani21_tr-nc.png 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/9F00\/production\/_116340704_dominiccasciani21_tr-nc.png 976w\" src=\"https:\/\/c.files.bbci.co.uk\/9F00\/production\/_116340704_dominiccasciani21_tr-nc.png\" width=\"1706\" height=\"340\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0\"><\/noscript><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"32.5\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>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 &#8211; disclosures that endangered their lives. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"32\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"34\">\n<p>In English law, that would be enough for him to be charged with a crime here &#8211; and so the route was open for Mr Assange to face trial for the same in the United States. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>But British extradition law also requires a judge to consider Mr Assange&#8217;s health. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"31.5\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>And it&#8217;s the effect of his possible detention in near-solitary confinement in a &#8220;supermax&#8221; prison that proved decisive. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"32.5\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>The US, in the judge&#8217;s conclusion, can&#8217;t stop a mentally unwell man taking his own life in those conditions. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"31.5\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>And so the legal requirement to treat Mr Assange humanely trumps the seriousness of the case that the judge acknowledges he should answer. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>When the US appeals &#8211; it&#8217;ll have to convince more senior judges otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"css-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80\">\n<figure class=\"css-2y05cd-StyledFigure e34k3c20\">\n<div class=\"css-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c22\"><span class=\"css-1onuslq-Placeholder e16icw910\"><span><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Presentational grey line\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/10301\/production\/_98950366_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/10301\/production\/_98950366_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg 320w, 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readability=\"36\">\n<p>If convicted in the US, Mr Assange faces a possible penalty of up to 175 years in jail, his lawyers have said. However the US government said the sentence was more likely to be between four and six years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"33\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"36\">\n<p>Mr Assange faces an 18-count indictment from the US government, accusing him of conspiring to hack into US military databases to acquire sensitive secret information relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, which was then published on the Wikileaks website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>He says the information exposed abuses by the US military. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"32\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"34\">\n<p>But US prosecutors say the leaks of classified material endangered lives, and so the US sought his extradition from the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"31.5\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Extradition is the process under which one country can ask another to hand over a suspect to face trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"css-qozapo-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\">What reaction has there been?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"32.5\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Following the judgement, several politicians and organisations welcomed the news, although some expressed dismay that the ruling was made on health grounds:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"unordered-list-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had instructed his foreign minister to offer political asylum to Mr Assange who &#8220;is a journalist and deserves a chance&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Good news Julian Assange&#8217;s extradition has been blocked,&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidDavisMP\/status\/1346055816252715008?s=20\" class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">UK Conservative MP David Davis on Twitter.<\/a> &#8220;Extradition treaties should not be used for political prosecutions&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeremycorbyn\/status\/1346087862865944576?s=20\" class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">called it<\/a> &#8220;good news&#8221; but said it was &#8220;alarming that the judge has accepted US government arguments threatening freedom of speech and freedom to publish&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"css-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80\">\n<figure class=\"css-2y05cd-StyledFigure e34k3c20\">\n<div class=\"css-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c22\"><span class=\"css-1xtcmof-Placeholder e16icw910\"><span><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Julian Assange supporters celebrate outside the Old Bailey court in central London, Britain, 04 January 2021. British media report London's Old Bailey courthouse ruled on 04 January 2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/D632\/production\/_116343845_hi065054925.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/D632\/production\/_116343845_hi065054925.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/D632\/production\/_116343845_hi065054925.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/D632\/production\/_116343845_hi065054925.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/D632\/production\/_116343845_hi065054925.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/D632\/production\/_116343845_hi065054925.jpg 976w\" src=\"https:\/\/c.files.bbci.co.uk\/D632\/production\/_116343845_hi065054925.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0\"><\/noscript><\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1ecljvk-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c23\"><span class=\"css-oyqyoe-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">image copyright<\/span>EPA<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c21\"><span class=\"css-oyqyoe-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">image caption<\/span>Supporters of Mr Assange gathered outside the Old Bailey on Monday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"unordered-list-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>Amnesty International welcomed the ruling but criticised the UK for &#8220;having engaged in this politically-motivated process at the behest of the USA and putting media freedom and freedom of expression on trial&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"unordered-list-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>The head of the National Union of Journalists, Michelle Stanistreet, said the outcome was &#8220;the right one&#8221; but the judgment contained &#8220;much that is troubling&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"unordered-list-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>Journalist and documentary maker John Pilger, who has been a vocal campaigner for Mr Assange, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnpilger\/status\/1346054129773371392?s=20\" class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">tweeted<\/a> that it was &#8220;wonderful&#8221;, adding the UK ruling was a &#8220;face-saving cover for the British to justify their disgraceful political trial of Assange on America&#8217;s behalf&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"media-block\" class=\"css-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80\">\n<figure class=\"css-2y05cd-StyledFigure e34k3c20\"><figcaption class=\"css-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c21\"><span class=\"css-oyqyoe-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">media caption<\/span>Julian Assange&#8217;s father fears &#8216;worried&#8217; son&#8217;s extradition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"31.5\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Mr Assange was jailed for 50 weeks in May 2019 for breaching his bail conditions after going into hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>He sought refuge in the embassy for seven years from 2012 until he was arrested in April 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" readability=\"32\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"34\">\n<p>At the time he fled to the embassy, he had been facing extradition to Sweden on allegations of sexual assault which he denied. 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