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September 8, 2020

Extradition Hearing Resumes for Julian Assange in U.K.
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In Britain, the extradition hearing of Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange
resumed this week, after being delayed for months amid the pandemic.
Assange is wanted in the U.S. for exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and
Afghanistan and faces a 175-year sentence on espionage and hacking
charges. As he arrived at the London courthouse, Assange was arrested on
18 new charges from a U.S. indictment filed in June. Legal observers say
they were barred from the proceedings. Protests took place in London and
in cities around the world in defense of Assange and press freedom. This
is Julian Assange's father John Shipton speaking Monday as he left the
courthouse.

John Shipton: "I think the case is a fraud against the court. That's
what I think: fraud against the court applied by the American Department
of Justice. Julian is an Australian citizen. The publications are in the
United Kingdom. And yet he is kidnapped and judicially abducted to the
United States to spend 175 years in jail."



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