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Julian Assange to seek release from prison after extradition ruling
Legal team for WikiLeaks co-founder expected to refer to Covid risk at Belmarsh prison
Julian Assange will make a fresh appeal to be released from prison this week after a British judge ruled that he cannot be extradited to the US to face charges of…
- Ben Quinn
- The Guardian
While district judge Vanessa Baraitser rejected arguments that Assange would not get a fair trial in the US, she blocked extradition on the basis that the WikiLeaks co…
She said it appeared to be impossible to prevent suicide where a prisoner was determined to go through with it, twice referencing Jeffrey Epstein, the…