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US lawyers to tell British court why Assange should face charges
Updated On: 22 February, 2024 07:33 AM IST | London | Agencies
The 52-year-old Australian has been indicted on 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of classified US documents almost 15 years ago
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Protesters outside of the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain’s High Court, in central London. Pic/AP
Lawyers for the American government are to tell a London court on Wednesday why they think Julian Assange should face espionage charges in the US, in response to a last-ditch bid by his defense to stop the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder. Assange’s lawyers are asking the High Court to grant him a new appeal—his last legal roll of the dice in the long-running legal saga that has kept him in a British high-security prison for the past five years.
The 52-year-old Australian has been indicted on 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of classified US documents almost 15 years ago. American prosecutors say Assange helped US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks later published, putting lives at risk.
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