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British High Court rules Julian Assange won’t be immediately extradited; next appeal hearing will be May 20 (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The court's ruling today is here: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Assange-Order-6.pdf

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Well then maybe it's important to note he isn't on trial for treason? The charges are for hacking and espionage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

maybe it’s important to note he isn’t on trial for treason? The charges are for hacking and espionage.

He isn't on trial for treason in courts of law, but he is in the court of public opinion - various commentators and some officials (including Senator Joe Lieberman and then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo) have used the word to describe his publishing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, read that on the wikipedia afterwards. There was another article posted which stated that, so that's probably why I was confused.