Mexican President gives asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has provided Wikileaks founder Julian Assange political asylum in his nation. This transfer got here a day after the UK courtroom dominated out the opportunity of his extradition to the US the place he’s to face prices of espionage.
“Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance,” stated the Mexican President as he provided him safety. Addressing a press convention on January 4 (Monday), the President stated he’ll ask the Foreign Affairs Ministry to contact British officers over the asylum provide and request that Assange is pardoned.
Lauding the UK courtroom’s ruling, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated: “It is a triumph of justice. I commend England’s action because Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance.”
British choose denied the US extradition request of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
Yesterday we reported that the UK Court’s District Judge Vanessa Baraitser had turned down USA attraction to extradite the Wikileaks founder, citing issues over his “mental health and “risk of suicide”. Now, the US aspect will once more must attraction for his extradition, which might result in years extra authorized wrangling.
The Wikileaks founder has been in Belmarsh jail within the UK since April 2019, when he was faraway from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He had taken refuge in 2012 within the Embassy to keep away from extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that was subsequently dropped in November 2019.
He was indicted by US authorities on 17 prices of espionage and one cost of pc misuse associated to the publication of secret US army paperwork that carry a most sentence of 175 years in jail.