The decision was based on the fact that in the US prison system Assange would have a significant suicide risk.
A United Kingdom court rejected the extradition to the United States of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, considering that this decision would be detrimental to his mental health and would have a high risk of suicide if it were to be carried out.
The British magistrate of the Central Criminal Court of London (known as the Old Bailey), Vanessa Baraitser, handed down one of the most relevant sentences of the last decades and determined that Julian Assange, the co-founder of Wikileaks, should not be extradited to the United States, where he would face sentences of up to 175 years in jail.
“Mr. Assange’s mental health is in such a state that it would be overwhelming for him to be extradited to the United States. He would suffer a deterioration that would lead him to commit suicide ”.
In her resolution, the judge assured that “the risk that Assange would commit suicide, if extradition were allowed, was high”, despite this, the US government now has 14 days to appeal the ruling.
For his part, Assange’s defense requested his provisional release on bail, but the judge has ordered that he remain in custody for the time being.
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