It’s about 10 years that Julian Assange has confronted justice in the United Kingdom.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing a possible sentence of 175 years in prison if the judges of the United Kingdom Government ultimately agree to the extradition request requested by the United States.
There is a call for protest against the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, which could occur at the trial that would begin next Monday in London.
The call for the protest will be held on Monday, February 24, 2020, at 09:00, in front of the Belmarsh prison. One of the slogans says, “No to the extradition of Julian Assange” and with a red background it says “Journalism is not a crime”.
This is the calendar of extraterritorial persecution that begins in spring 2010.
2010
July 6th. US intelligence agent Bradley (Chelsea) Manning is accused of leaking the “Collateral Murder” video of the killing of civilians and Reuters journalists in Baghdad, and other classified military documents to WikiLeaks. He receives a sentence of 35 years in prison, which President Barack Obama commuted in 2017.
November 26 The Swedish Public Prosecutor’s Office issues a European arrest and delivery order for Assange to question allegations of rape and other sexual abuse during his stay in Stockholm three months earlier.
December 7 Assange enters ten days in prison in London before obtaining probation, with a bail of 140,000 pounds (about 166,000 euros), until the resolution of the extradition process to Sweden.
2011
February 24 Assange loses the extradition case and appeals the judgment in the High Court of England and Wales.
2012
June 14 The British Supreme Court rejects the last possible appeal to the United Kingdom justice.
June 19 Assange takes refuge in the Embassy of Ecuador in London and Rafael Correa’s government guarantees him asylum two months later.
2016
January 22 The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concludes that Assange’s “deprivation of liberty” is “arbitrary and in violation” of his human, civil and political rights.
2017
March 7 WikiLeaks publishes Vault 7 files, which unveil CIA electronic tools and programs to intercept mobile phones, computers and other devices.
April 13 The now Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, defines WikiLeaks as a “non-state hostile intelligence service” in his first public address as director of the CIA.
April 19 Lenin Moreno is declared elected president of Ecuador.
2019
April 11 The London Police forcefully detain and evict the Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy, who later appears before the Westminster Court and is sentenced to prison for violating his probation.
May 1. Assange is sentenced to 50 weeks in prison and held in the maximum security prison in Belmarsh, in southeast London.
May 2 The US claims the extradition of Assange to be tried for an alleged crime of “conspiracy” with Manning to “intercept computers.”
May 13 The Swedish Prosecutor announces the reopening of the investigation of allegations of rape.
May 23 The US adds 17 charges under the Espionage law, for alleged access and dissemination of confidential military and diplomatic reports, to the request for delivery of the founder of WikiLeaks.
May 31 The UN rapporteur, Nils Melzer, notes that Assange is a victim of “psychological torture” and is at “real risk” of “torture or cruel and inhuman treatment” if he is not released and is extradited to the United States.
July 9 The newspaper El País reveals that the Spanish company in charge of protecting the Embassy of Ecuador, Undercover Global, systematically spied Assange’s visits and recorded the conversations, even with his lawyers and doctors.
September 17 The founder and director of UC Global, David Morales, is arrested and interrogated in the context of the investigation of the judge of the National Court of Madrid, José de la Mata, of the international espionage allegations.
November 19 Sweden files the investigation of the sexual allegations without filing charges against Assange.
November 25 More than 60 doctors sign a letter calling for the release of Assange for health deterioration and warn of the risk of death in prison.
December 19 The Westminster magistrate, Vanessa Baraitser, maintains the order of pretrial detention, awaiting the extradition trial, in Belmarsh.
2020
February 19 On the eve of the trial, the defense informs the judge that she will present a testimony about an “offer of forgiveness” that President Donald Trump allegedly made to Assange in 2017.
February 24 The first phase of the trial begins in the Woolwich court, adjacent to the Belmarsh prison, which Assange will attend personally, as Baraitser ordered.
May 18 Expected resumption of public hearings for at least two weeks. Both parties may appeal the decision issued by this trial court.
Source: Sputnik
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