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Julian Assange timeline

On 12/7/10, Julian Assange was officially arrested on Sexual assault charges. He was refused bail, but showed no reaction to this. He was scheduled to be extradited to sweden, but swore to fight this and appeal it. He gave up to Scotland Yard without a fight when faced with the charges.

Throughout the next two years he has been fighting throughout every court he can. None of which have delivered the result he is hoping for; a refusal to extradite him to sweden.

In 2011 his appeal was denied by a lower court in Britain. He attempted to appeal to the high court, his audience was denied.

However, he soon after asked the Supreme Court to hear his case.

Assange’s case rests on one single point. The swedish prosecutor who issued the warrant is not a judicial representative, thus Assange and his lawyers have claimed that he had 0 jurisdiction to issue said warrant.

Assange is vehemently fighting his extradition, because he fears that this would eventually lead to an extradition to the United States.

In the U.S. Bradley Manning is facing a court Marshall for providing Wikileaks with a large amount of military information that was previously unknown. Assange fears possible interrogation, and a punishment based on his Wikileaks activity. He also claims that the sexual assault/ rape charges are fraudulent, and a cover up to get him to the U.S. for his whistle-blowing activities. Assange, does however admit to having consensual sex with two Swedish women.

The supreme court of Britain has decided to continue his extradition, however has given his lawyers a rare opportunity to address a point not before said. This could re-open the case and perhaps delay/ cancel Assange’s extradition. If the Supreme Court rejects this evidence, and stays its decision, he has other appeal opportunities. But experts say that the result would likely be the same. Julian Assange has said in the past he would plan on appealing to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.

Other information: On 4/23/2012, Julian Assange attended a screening in london wearing a Guy Fawkes mask made out of famous. Some say that this is a nod/ thanks to the Anonymous collective that has been fighting for his release. He said, “This may be my last time [seen] in public, so I thought I should start with a situation where you won’t be able to see me anymore.”

Sources: Huffingtonpost, SBS news, The Guardian, The Associated Press