United States President Joe Biden says he is “considering” a request from Australia to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of classified U.S. documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars almost 15 years ago. The Australian national was taken to Belmarsh prison in London five years ago, after being dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy, where he stayed while fighting against being taken to the US. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out Monday whether he can be extradited from the UK to the US.
Should the extradition be approved, Assange would face espionage charges over the publication..
Supporters waited for Julian Assange to depart Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, Januar 6 after his application for bail was not granted when he was deemed to be at risk of absconding.
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