WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange's battle to avoid extradition to the US receives a huge boost with London's High Court ruling that Americans assurances over his case are unsatisfactory and he’ll get a full appeal hearing. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/wikileaks-julian-assange-given-permission-appeal-against-us-extradition-2024-05-20/
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Steve Herman (w7voa@journa.host)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 10:05:09 JST Steve Herman - fu and Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} like this.
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fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 10:05:12 JST fu @w7voa @wjmaggos best news I have heard all day -
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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 10:41:28 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} @fu That is good news, but it seems to me that if US assurances that he won't be executed aren't satisfactory, they should just stop the whole extradition process and forbid any UK agency, company, or citizen to assist in capturing and exporting him.
It isn't like our government's boiling rage is going to suddenly go away. And as long as that rage exists, they'll keep trying to seize him. Legal or illegal means won't matter, and they won't hesitate to use either.