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The British authorities announced that the founder of the site “Wikileaks” Julian Assange will remain behind bars until the completion of the consideration of the United States request for his extradition, despite the expiration of the legal period for his detention soon.
Judge Vanessa Baraitser said at Westminster Court of First Instance on Friday that Assange would have been released from London’s Belmarsh prison on September 22, but the judiciary would not agree, and would remain behind bars as he changed his status from a prisoner serving a threat of deportation.
Baraitser said there was “concrete ground” to believe that Assange would try again to escape justice if released on bail, noting that Assange’s lawyer had not filed a request for his client’s release.
Aassang was jailed in April for 50 weeks after being denied refugee status at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he spent nearly eight years, but his lawyer has previously confirmed that his client could be released from prison after serving half of his sentence.
At the same time, the British judiciary is considering the US request to extradite Assange, and is scheduled to hold major hearings on the subject in late February, after the parties to submit their evidence to the court.
Aassang turned to the Ecuadorian embassy after his parole to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he was charged with rape in 2010, but he firmly rejects the charges and insists that the case is politically motivated, especially as he faces harsh judicial punishment in the United States for publishing his site “Wikileaks” Sensitive information about controversial US government activities around the world
