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The High Court of the UK has approved the handover of the man to the US. The decision reverses a ruling by a lower court in the UK that blocked the extradition on the grounds that imprisonment in the US was a threat to Assange's mental health and increased his risk of suicide.
The US government was successful in appealing the decision to British judges. If he is convicted, the US will allow him to serve his final sentence in his native country, but only if he commits any future act which renders him liable to such conditions of detention.
Sky News reported that, as per the report, Assange's fiancée said that they would appeal the decision at the earliest possible moment. The ruling was a grave miscarriage of justice according to Moris.
How can it be fair to extradite him to a country that plotted to kill him?
According to reports earlier this year, the CIA and the Trump administration were considering the possibility of kidnapping or assassinating the founder of the website.
US prosecutors have indicted Assange on 18 counts, including 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse. He is accused of conspiring to hack into US military computers in order to publish confidential military and diplomatic documents. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison, but the US government claims the actual sentence will be between four and six years.
The US was exposed to wrongdoings in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The so-called "Collateral Murder" video shows US helicopter pilots killing a group of civilians in Baghdad.
Reporters Without Borders and other groups have called on the US to drop charges against the man, saying that his work is legitimate journalism.
The publication of disclosed documents as part of his work with Wikileaks should not be punished as this activity mirrors conduct that investigative journalists undertake regularly in their professional capacity, according toAmnesty. The right to freedom of expression could be in danger if the charges are brought against him.
