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 **In April 2019 the US submitted a request to the UK to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is charged with 17 Espionage Act offenses, and 1 count of conspiracy to commit computer crime (for allegedly attempting to protect a source’s anonymity). He risks a possible 175 years prison sentence.** **In April 2019 the US submitted a request to the UK to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is charged with 17 Espionage Act offenses, and 1 count of conspiracy to commit computer crime (for allegedly attempting to protect a source’s anonymity). He risks a possible 175 years prison sentence.**
  
 +**The extradition hearing took place in London in [[USA vs Julian Assange extradition hearing Part 1 24-28 Feb|February 2020]]and [[usa_uk_vs_julian_assange_-_extradition_hearing_part_2|September 2020]]**
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 +**On January 4th 2021, district judge Vanessa Baraister rendered the [[https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/usa-v-julian-assange/|first instance verdict]]: she ruled Assange cannot be extradited to the US on the grounds //it would be unjust and oppressive to extradite him by reason of his medical condition//. However, she did not accept as valid the other important bars to extradition {{:eh2_court_documents:2020.11.06_assange_extradition_hearings_assange_defence_closing_submissions.pdf|the defense team had brought to her attention}}, that Assange is a journalist and the charges against him are political. The freedom of the press is still very much under threat. Assange was denied bail. The US has appealed**
  
 ===== Context ===== ===== Context =====
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 To let this extradition and prosecution happen would inaugurate an era darker than we know.  To let this extradition and prosecution happen would inaugurate an era darker than we know. 
  
-**The extradition hearing took place in London in [[USA vs Julian Assange extradition hearing Part 1 24-28 Feb|February 2020]]and [[usa_uk_vs_julian_assange_-_extradition_hearing_part_2|September 2020]]** 
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-**On January 4th 2021, district judge Vanessa Baraister rendered the [[https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/usa-v-julian-assange/|first instance verdict]]: she ruled Assange cannot be extradited to the US on the grounds //it would be unjust and oppressive to extradite him by reason of his medical condition//. However, she did not accept as valid the other important bars to extradition {{:eh2_court_documents:2020.11.06_assange_extradition_hearings_assange_defence_closing_submissions.pdf|the defense team had brought to her attention}}, that Assange is a journalist and the charges against him are political. The freedom of the press is still very much under threat. Assange was denied bail. The US has appealed** 
  
 ===== The indictment ===== ===== The indictment =====
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 See also [[In Defense of Julian Assange]]  See also [[In Defense of Julian Assange]] 
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 +==== The Espionage Act ====
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 +=== I am guilty of violating the Espionage Act ===
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 +Opinion by filmmaker Laura Poitras, Dec. 21, 2020
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 +https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/opinion/laura-poitras-assange-espionage-act.html 
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 +=== Assange and the Espionage Act ===
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 +https://consortiumnews.com/2021/07/07/the-espionage-act-julian-assange-2-the-espionage-acts-uk-origins/
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 ===== About Extradition ===== ===== About Extradition =====
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