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Julian Assange Can Be Extradited to U.S., Press Freedom Advocates Slam Decision
Landon Mion | @landon_mion | Posted: Dec 10, 2021 9:00 PM
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the U.S., where he could face a 175-year prison sentence for releasing classified documents leaked to him exposing the country's alleged war crimes, after an appellate court in the United Kingdom on Friday overturned an earlier decision from a lower court blocking his extradition.
Assange, who will face espionage charges if he is extradited to the U.S., is accused of publishing information to Wikileaks detailing alleged crimes committed by the U.S. government in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Iraq and Afghanistan, and reveals instances in which the CIA engaged in torture and rendition.
The information released by Assange was also published by The New York Times, The Guardian and other mainstream media outlets but the Wikileaks founder was the only one to face potential legal repercussions.
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