Authorities accuse Australian-born WikiLeaks founder of 18 counts relating to the release of vast troves of confidential American military records and diplomatic cables
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday moved a step closer to facing criminal charges in the US for one of the biggest ever leaks of classified information after Washington won an appeal over his extradition in an English court.
US authorities accuse Australian-born Assange, 50, of 18 counts relating to WikiLeaks’ release of vast troves of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables which they said had put lives in danger.
Assange’s supporters cast him as an anti-establishment hero who has been persecuted by the US for exposing US wrongdoing and double-dealing across the world from Afghanistan and Iraq to Washington.
At the Royal Courts of Justice in London, the US won an appeal against a ruling by a London district judge that Assange should not be extradited because he was likely to commit suicide in a US prison.
Judge Timothy Holroyde said he was satisfied with a package of assurances given by the US about the conditions of Assange’s detention, including a pledge not to hold him in a so-called “ADX” maximum security prison in Colorado and that he could be transferred to Australia to serve his sentence if convicted.
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