By Nathan Fuller Almost immediately upon District Judge Vanessa Baraitster’s early January ruling that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange would not be extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States on medical grounds, lawyers representing the U.S. announced their intent to appeal that decision. Two days later, Judge Baraitser, whose ruling rejected Assange’s free speech and democratic…
  • a_maoist_quetzal [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Despite the prosecution’s declaration of intent to appeal, it’s unclear how much appetite there is in the U.S. for continuing the prosecution. The ruling and notice of appeal came in the final days of the Trump Administration, and the day after the verdict, the U.S.’s outgoing lead federal prosecutor Zachary Terwilliger told NPR that he wasn’t sure if the Biden administration would continue to fight for Assange’s extradition.

    did we vote hard enough to push him left? stay tuned!

    • p_sharikov [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      All the liberals I know are baying for his blood because they think he's a Russian lapdog, or as one lib put it, a "Putin tankie". Propaganda works, folks. They've even forgotten they're supposed to care about free speech.