“We will fight it. “We will use any means of appeal,” Stella Assange told reporters, calling the decision a “parody.”
Stella Assange, the wife of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, said today that she would appeal Britain’s decision to extradite him to the United States to stand trial on various criminal charges.
“We will fight it. “We will use every means of appeal,” he told reporters, calling the decision a “parody.” “I will use every hour of the day fighting for Julian until he is released, until justice is done.”
Stella Assange said her husband could lead to suicide if extradited to the United States.
“Julian wants to live, with the possibility of freedom, the possibility of being with his children and with me. “If it is issued in the United States, the conditions under which it will be placed will be very oppressive,” he said.
“They will lead him to end his life,” said Stella Assange.
Earlier today the British government approved the US request for the extradition of Julian Assangewho faces US conspiracy to divulge classified information related to national security.
The competent Minister of Interior Priti Patel signed today issuance order.
The founder of WikiLeaks has 14 days to appeal.
His lawyers said the appeal would be filed. «Today is not the end of the battle. It is only the beginning of a new legal battle. We will appeal through the legal system. But it’s a dark day for the free press and for British democracy“, He stated the WikiLeaks website on Twitter.
BREAKING: UK Home Secretary approves extradition of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to the US where he would face a 175 year sentence – A dark day for Press freedom and for British democracy
The decision will be appealedhttps: //t.co/m1bX8STSr8 pic.twitter.com/5nWlxnWqO7– WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 17, 2022
The American authorities want to try him for “espionage” due to the release of 700,000 confidential and secret US diplomatic and military documents, mainly about the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
If convicted, he runs risk of being sentenced to 175 years in prison.
It is noted that Assange is being held in Britain Belmarsh High Security Prisons from 2019, after years of residence inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
Its release in the USA was originally banned by a British judge for mental health reasonsbut the ban was overturned to a greater degree.
