This week I encourage our readers to be praying for Julian Assange who is going to be extradited to the US and most likely tortured possibly even to death by US Intelligence agencies for exposing the US government.
A court has formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the US on espionage charges, in what will ultimately be a decision for the UK home secretary, Priti Patel.
The Wikileaks co-founder, who has the right of appeal, appeared by videolink during the Westminster magistrates court hearing, which one of his barristers described as a “brief but significant moment in the case”.
Mark Summers QC, for Assange, told the chief magistrate that he had no option but to send the case to the home secretary. It was not open, at this point, for Assange’s team to raise fresh evidence but there had been “fresh developments”, he added.
Summers said “serious submissions” would be made to the home secretary regarding “sentencing and other matters”.
The brief hearing was taking place after the supreme court last month refused Assange’s appeal against his extradition. He had sought to challenge a judgment by the high court in December that ruled he could be extradited after assurances from the US authorities with regard to his prison conditions there.
An extradition order was issued by the chief magistrate, Paul Goldspring, during the seven-minute hearing.
Goldspring told Assange: “In layman’s terms, I am duty bound to send your case to the secretary of state for a decision.”
As well as being able to make submissions to Patel, Assange’s lawyers can also access other routes to fight his extradition. This could include mounting a challenge on other issues of law raised at first instance on which he lost and have not yet been subject to appeal.
The Guardian
While I realize Julian Assange may not be a very far-right figure in the political landscape he had done a lot for America and this case in my opinion is a landmark case for free speech, and depending on what happens could seriously determine the fate of future Americans who publish information about our corrupt government or even potentially speak out against it.
Julian Assange in the early 2000s published email information about Sarah Palin, and John McCain, who are in my opinion the fakest of the fake when it comes to conservatives. Later on, he published information about the Democratic Party’s corruption in relation to their bias towards Hillary early on in the 2016 presidential race.
Anyway, if there is any other updates on this I will of course update the website with info, this is probably going to be one of the most serious cases this year, God bless Julian Assange, and God bless his family.
