Independent MP rips up US assurances for Assange

'No assurance at all': MP Andrew Wilkie says US promises for Assange to receive a fair trial if extradited are an 'obvious fantasy'

UK’s High Court ruled in March Mr Assange would not be extradited without assurance of a fair trial from Washington. “The United States Government’s assurance that Julian Assange would have all the protections of a US citizen in a US court is obviously a fantasy,” Mr Wilkie said in a statement. Julian Assange supporters protest on April 14, 2024 in London, England. The Wikileaks founder has been held in Belmarsh high-security prison for five years. Picture: Peter Nicholls/Getty ImagesThe assurance document stated Mr Assange “will have the ability to raise and seek to rely upon at trial the rights and protections given under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States”, according to Reuters.

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