Was Julian Assange granted a 'limited right to appeal'? He was set to be extradited to the US
It has been claimed that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted the right to appeal to a court once more in the UK, where he is currently detained, before being extradited to the US.
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It has been claimed that the UK High Court has granted Julian Assange a 'limited right to appeal.' Accordingly, Assange may once again appeal the case in which the UK decided to convict him and extradite him to the US. Assange had previously been found guilty by a court in the UK, and a decision had been made to extradite him to the US. According to the claims, the UK High Court has granted the appeal, and Assange, who had previously taken the decision to appeal but did not achieve results, will not be extradited to the US for some time.
Julian Assange had previously filed an appeal with the UK High Court, and the decision did not change in the retrial. The WikiLeaks founder, who faces charges of 'treason' in the US, would face life imprisonment in the United States if extradited.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had demanded in statements to the press in recent weeks that Assange, who is an Australian citizen, be handed over to them and had called on the UK to release Assange.
In a report by the BBC, it was claimed that the UK government was in talks with US officials regarding Assange's situation and that Assange's sentence could be commuted.
According to a document published on the X account of British journalist Richard Medhurst, the High Court has granted Assange a 'limited right to appeal.' If the claim is true, Assange will be able to apply to the court once again to request that the extradition decision be overturned.