British justice stops Julian Assange's extradition

Two High Court judges in England and Wales ruled Monday that Julian Assange has the right to appeal his extradition to the United States. teleSUR

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00:00 In the United Kingdom, the London High Court ruled Monday that Australian journalist Julian Assange

00:04 has the right to appeal his extradition to the United States. Two London High Court judges

00:08 granted Assange permission to appeal, having previously asked Washington to provide satisfactory

00:12 assurances about free speech protections at any U.S. trial. The journalist will now face another

00:17 court battle in his long-running legal case, after the U.K. government approved his extradition in

00:22 June 2022. His defense attorney told the court they do not accept assurances given by U.S.

00:27 prosecutors that Assange would be able to rely on First Amendment rights and protections.

00:32 Assange is wanted by Washington for publishing hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. documents

00:38 exposing their war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq.