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The UN rapporteur on torture has called on the British government to suspend the possible extradition of the founder of the Wikileaks disclosure platform, Julian Assange, to the US.
Assange’s arguments should be examined in detail based on serious concerns that he would be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment if extradited, Alice Jill Edwards said in Geneva on Tuesday. A hearing will take place at the High Court in London on February 21 and 22.
The US is demanding extradition because it wants to bring Assange to justice. They accuse him of stealing and publishing classified material about military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan with whistleblower Chelsea Manning. They allegedly endangered the lives of informants.
In the US, Assange faces a prison sentence of up to 175 years. Supporters see him as a courageous journalist who exposed war crimes. Assange evaded authorities for years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He has been in a British maximum security prison since April 2019.
Assange has long suffered from depression and is at risk of suicide, Edwards said. American guarantees that he would be treated humanely were not enough. Among other things, they are not binding.
UN rapporteurs are independent experts who work for free. Edwards was appointed by the UNP Human Rights Council. (SDA)
Source: Blick
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