Britain ’s Home Secretary Sajid Javid say BBC Radio today that he has signed the extradition gild for Julian Assange , paving the way for the WikiLeaks founder to be sent to the U.S. to face charges of figurer hacking and espionage .
“ There ’s an extradition postulation from the U.S. that is before the courtroom tomorrow , but yesterday I signed the extradition ordering , endorse it , and that will be going in front of the court tomorrow , ” Javid aver according to Australia ’s public broadcaster , theABC .
Assange is scheduled to appear in a UK court on Friday , though it ’s not clear whether he ’ll come out by video liaison or in individual .
Julian Assange in a British prison, though the timestamp on the image is believed to be wrongScreenshot: (RT/YouTube)
“ It ’s a decision ultimately for the court but there is a very significant part of it for the Home Secretary and I want to see DoJ done at all times , and we ’ve perplex a legitimate extradition request so I ’ve signed it , but the last decisiveness is now with the courts , ” Javid bear on .
Curiously , Home Secretary Javid signed the extradition paperwork despite not being on the good damage with the U.S. regime right now . Javid was n’t invite to attend courtly ceremonies when President Donald Trump recently natter the UK and some believe it ’s because Javid criticise Trump ’s treatment of Muslims in 2017 as well as the American president ’s retweets of the far right groupBritain First . Javid has a Islamic backdrop , though he insist he does n’t knowwhy he was n’t invitedto the recent U.S.-focused events in Britain .
Assange is presently being accommodate in Belmarsh prison house in southern London and is serving a 50 - week sentence for alternate bail in 2012 . Assange sought asylum during the summer of 2012 at Ecuador ’s embassy in London , where he exist for almost seven years until this preceding April . Ecuador revoked Assange ’s asylum and the WikiLeaks founder was physically drag out of the embassy by British constabulary .
WikiLeaks laminitis Julian Assange , a 47 - yr - old Australian national , looks like one footstep nearer to being send to the United States , but the deal is not done , as Javid notes . Not only does the extradition order require final favourable reception by the UK homage , there ’s still the head of whether Assange could be sent to Sweden to face sexual assault charges .
The statute of limitation has expired for one of the intimate assault claims made against Assange in Sweden , but a rape claim could still be pursued if Swedish public prosecutor decide to advertise the case . A Swedish tribunal rule in the first place this calendar month that Assange should not be detained in absentia , the first move under Swedish law that would have paved the way for his extradition .
Assange ’s Swedish attorney has antecedently claimed that Assange was too ill to even appear in court via video link , but secret video recording seemingly record by another inmate recently showed Assange looking relatively normal and goodly .
Assange has beencharged with 18 countsby the U.S. Justice Department , including one under the Espionage Act , which potentially sway the death punishment . But American prosecuting attorney purportedly give Ecuador a “ verbal pledge ” that they wo n’t pursue death in Assange ’s display case , according to Americannews distribution channel ABC . Obviously , a “ verbal pledge ” is not something that would have got up in court .
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