Julian Assange <br />Can Be Extradited to the US, , UK Court Rules.<br />The court ruling was issued <br />in London on Dec. 10.<br />It reverses a lower-court <br />ruling that blocked the U.S. <br />State Department petition <br />to have Assange extradited.<br />The WikiLeaks founder faces charges related to the Espionage Act that could result in a <br />prison sentence lasting decades.<br />Lawyers for Assange <br />stated that the ruling <br />will be appealed.<br />In reversing the ruling, the British court focused on assurances from the Biden administration that U.S. prison conditions would not be too harsh for Assange.<br />The lower-court ruling that blocked extradition hinged on these consequences of his potential transfer to the U.S.<br />If convicted in the U.S., Assange would <br />fulfill his prison sentence in Australia.<br />WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief <br />Kristinn Hrafnsson reacted <br />to the court's ruling.<br />[Assange’s life] is once more under grave threat, and so is the right of journalists to publish material that governments and corporations find inconvenient, Kristinn Hrafnsson, WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />This is about the right of a free press to publish without <br />being threatened by a <br />bullying superpower, Kristinn Hrafnsson, WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />Free press activists also had strong reactions to the ruling. .<br />This is an utterly shameful development that has alarming implications not only for Assange’s mental health, ... , Rebecca Vincent, Reporters Without Borders, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />... but also for journalism and press freedom around the world, Rebecca Vincent, Reporters Without Borders, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />Assange has been in a British prison since 2019 after his seven-year sanctuary at the Ecuador Embassy in London came to an abrupt end
