WikiLeaks said it would challenge the order, and Assange’s lawyers have 14 days to lodge an appeal.
LONDON — The British government on Friday ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges, a milestone — but not the end — of a decade-long legal saga sparked by his website’s publication of classified U.S. documents.“We’re not at the end of the road here,” said Assange’s wife, Stella Assange. “We’re going to fight this.”
A British court ruled in April that Assange could be sent to face trial in the U.S., sending the case to the U.K. government for a decision. Britain’s interior minister, Home Secretary Priti Patel, signed an order on Friday authorizing Assange’s extradition. “We will appeal this all the way, if necessary to the European Court of Human Rights,” Assange attorney Jennifer Robinson said.
Assange’s supporters and lawyers maintain he was acting as a journalist and is entitled to First Amendment protections of freedom of speech. They argue that the case is politically motivated, that he would face inhumane treatment and be unable to get a fair trial in the U.S.
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