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Assange appeal shrouded in secrecy

Assange appeal shrouded in secrecy

Why won’t lawyers for the US explain how they won permission to appeal?

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Joshua Rozenberg
Aug 02, 2021
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Why might Julian Assange be sent for trial United States, despite a ruling in January that it would be oppressive to extradite him?

Julian Assange in 2012, shortly after he moved into the Ecuadorean embassy

The US was granted permission to appeal because of errors arguably made by the district judge; because the judge should arguably have given the US a c…

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