Westminster court to hear WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange extradition case

A hearing on the extradition case of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will be held in the Westminster Magistrates' Court on November 18. According to an international media outlet, Assange will be able to take part in the hearing through a video call from Belmarsh prison, where he is held. Assange was taken into prison back in April and has been kept in detention since then. The court hearing is currently being held to decide whether to extradite him to Sweden or the United States. 

The WikiLeaks publisher looks in the face of US extradition after being prosecuted by the government for publishing information that divulged war crimes, serious human rights violations, abuse, torture, and murder. Along with the Nils Melzer, experts and supporters across the world have maintained that Julian Assange's access to legal counsel and documents have been blocked. Undermining his fundamental right to prepare for his defence against the US extradition, a week ago, the whistleblower lost his legal bid to extend the US extradition hearing scheduled for February 2020.

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During his appearance before London's Court in the month of October, Julian Assange while raised his fist to greet his supporters encircling the Court, he looked visibly frail and in a bewildered state. According to reports from inside the Court, the WikiLeaks publisher 'struggled to say his own name and date of birth,' and reportedly holding back his tears said, "I can't think properly." Julian Assange is charged with the US Espionage Act for publishing a mass cache of military and diplomatic documents back in 2010. 

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WikiLeaks

Wikileaks, an anti-secrecy organization, was founded in 2006 as a platform for whistleblowers to release classified information anonymously. By 2015, Wikileaks became a portal to publish over 10 million documents, including top-secret documents. Ever since its launch in 2006, Wikileaks has published thousands of classified documents, disclosing the details from national security, war, politics to the film industry. 

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(With inputs from ANI)