Assange will quickly discover whether he’ll be extradited to the United States.
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WikiLeaks creator Julian Assange is one action better to being extradited to the United States from the UK over charges of conspiring to hack federal government computer systems. British Home Secretary Sajid Javid informed the BBC’s Today Programme on Thursday early morning that he’d signed the extradition order, sent to him by the United States on Tuesday, ahead of Assange’s extradition hearing in court on Friday.
Javid stated that part of his function to sign all genuine extradition demands, however Assange’s fate was mainly out of his hands. “It is a decision ultimately for the courts,” he stated.
Assange was jailed in April at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he’d been living for nearly 7 years. In May, he was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for avoiding bail in the UK for worry of being extradited to Sweden to deal with rape charges. Shortly after his arrest, the United States Department of Justice stated it would look for to extradite the 47-year-old. Sweden has likewise stated it might resume the rape case versus Assange.
Assange is being held at Belmarsh Prison and is believed to remain in illness. He is anticipated to appear in Westminster Magistrate’s Court on Friday by means of video link. The case will be chosen by a judge, who might set a schedule for extradition procedures to happen, although Assange would have chances to appeal.
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