WikiLeaks founder likened to Alfred Dreyfus as QC argues extradition is prohibitedJulian Assange has been likened to the Iraq war whistleblower Katharine Gun and the 19th-century French army officer Alfred Dreyfus at a hearing where the WikiLeaks founder’s lawyers argued his extradition to the US was prohibited.A central plank of efforts to prevent him from being sent for trial in the US was laid out on the third day of hearings at Woolwich crown court, where a barrister for Assange said the US-UK extradition treaty expressly ruled out extradition for political offences. Continue reading…
Via: Julian Assange lawyers argue US charges are ‘purely political’
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