Assange’s long legal saga drags on. A English court has ordered to postpone the extradition of the founder of ‘WikiLeaks’ to the United States, Julian Assange accused of espionage. His legal team fears he will soon be sent there United States of America to be accused of; but in the end it wasn’t like that.

Assange, 52, was charged with 17 counts espionage and one misuse of computers for the publication on his website of a collection of classified American documents nearly 15 years ago.

US prosecutors accused Assange of encouraging and helping US military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal messages between diplomats and military files ‘WikiLeaks’ public.

In a two-day trial last month, Assange’s lawyers argued as much he is an anti-secrecy journalist which exposed irregularities committed by the US Army in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Assange is a “political prisoner”

According to them, sending him to America would mean subjecting him to prosecution for political reasons and risked a “blatant denial of justice.”

The US government stated that Assange’s actions went far beyond those of a journalist who gathered information and endangered lives in his efforts to solicit, steal and publish indiscriminately. secret government documents.

Australian computer scientists have done it five years in a high-security British prison. Assange’s family and supporters say his physical and mental health suffered during more than a decade of legal battles, including his protection in Ecuador’s embassy in London from 2012 to 2019.

“Julian is one political prisoners and he must be released,” said Stella Assange, who married the ‘WikiLeaks’ founder in prison in 2022.

Assange’s lawyer said he could face the charges 175 years in prison if convicted in the United States, although US authorities say his sentence would likely be much shorter.