The court gave US 65 days to justify a request for the extradition of Assange
A British Court gave US 65 days to legally justify the request for extradition of Julian Assange, said Last news lawyer of Wikileaks founder Carlos Poveda.
on Thursday at Westminster magistrates court was the first meeting relating to the extradition request, Assange States. He was not brought to Court and the judge's questions answered via video link from prison. Assange has made only one message at the hearings - said that he refused to surrender to the United States does not acknowledge guilt, because of experience in journalism.
"The court gave US 65 days to justify their own request. We fear that this term will be used to formulate fresh charges, which currently consist only in collusion to computer hacking, " said the lawyer. His greatest concern is the possibility of prosecution of Assange in military espionage, which is punishable in the United States with the death penalty.
Poveda also complained that the rules of detention of Assange in a London prison hinder the work of His lawyers, who met with his client "two or 3 times" from the time of His arrest, the eleventh of April .
on Wednesday, a Court in London sentenced Assange to 50 weeks (11 months) imprisonment for breach of bail.
Assange is accused in Sweden in 2010, sexual harassment and rape, in hiding since June 2012 in the Ecuadorian Embassy fearing extradition to the Scandinavian country. On the morning of the eleventh of April 2019 Assange was arrested on a warrant issued in 2012 for His failure to appear in Court, and the requirements of the authorities of Sweden and the United States.
at the written request of the U.S. Department of justice, in the United States, Assange is accused of conspiracy to commit computer hacking. A warrant for the arrest and extradition of Assange, the U.S. sent Britain at the beginning of winter last year. In the case of extradition and subsequent conviction in the U.S. he faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, but often the actual timing is less than the maximum provided for by legislative act. According to the law to judge can only be extradited on the charges, which was the reason for extradition. Anyway, the supporters of Assange and His lawyers claim that in the USA Assange have the opportunity to face torture and even the death penalty.