The UK Supreme Court has ordered that Julian Assange be extradited to the US

The UK Court of Appeals has changed a previous decision that Wikileaks founder should not be extradited to the US for health concerns, the Associated Press they say. The ruling opens the door for Assange to be sent to the US, where he will be charged with spying on Wikileaks’ official documents.

Supreme Court Judge Vanessa Baraitser earlier ruled that the U.S. Supreme Court posed a threat to Assange’s health. “All the thoughts are of a depressed and sometimes desperate person, who has a real fear of his future,” the judge ruled in January. “For all these reasons, I feel that Mr. Assange’s risk of suicide, if the law of extradition had been enacted, would have been extremely serious.”

In a complaint, the US government said Assange did not have a history of “serious and tolerant diseases” that would say he could injure himself. U.S. lawyers have also told British judges that if they release Assange, he could go to a U.S. prison in his home country, Australia.

The London High Court ruled that the allegations were sufficient to justify Assange’s actions. The final decision on his removal is now in the hands of the UK Secretary of State, although Assange has an opportunity to appeal. The Assange camp has said his job is journalism and therefore his release could be a criminal offense. freedom of the press.

The US government has accused Assange of 17 counts of espionage and one count of misuse of computers over Wikileaks publications that leaked military documents to diplomats. The maximum sentence is 175 years in prison, although US lawyers have stated that the “longest sentence in this case is 63 months.” Assange was adakana belo for fear of fleeing and is in the Belmarsh concentration camp in London.