Assange extradition hearing to resume in London | Malay Mail

WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London, January 13, 2020. — Reuters pic

The hearing at the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, is due to last three to four weeks. It had been due to go ahead in April but was delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak. A previous hearing in February was told that US President Donald Trump had promised to pardon Assange if he denied Russia leaked emails from the campaign of Hillary Clinton, Trump’s opponent in the 2016 election.

At the February hearing, Assange’s lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald, said his client would not get a fair trial in the United States and would be a suicide risk. “The life of my partner, Julian Assange, is at severe risk,” she said, arguing that Covid-19 was “spreading within walls” of Belmarsh prison in south London.newspaper on Saturday, Moris, 37, said: “For Julian, extradition will be a death sentence.”

His legal team has repeatedly warned about his health and an independent UN rights expert said in November that his continued detention was putting his life at risk.

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