i think each day for press freedom one man in particular publisher julian saunders a british judge rules against extraditing him to be u.s. citing mental health concerns. meanwhile the u.s. has already announced it will appeal the court decision we speak to some of the song to support his eyes side of the london court. i'm so happy that he's so. good being discharged and for whatever reason it's fun to.

i gauged the press freedom on one man in particular publisher julian saunders a british judge rules against him to the us citing mental health concerns. meanwhile the u.s. has already announced it will appeal the court decision we speak to some of the signs of support is outside the london court. for whatever reason it's fantastic. he's got to tell the truth so. i. just because he's a terrific guy. the decision is a milestone in the almost 10 years saga from sexual assault allegations in sweden to the espionage case in the us and 29000 the saunders arrested after being holed up in the ecuadorian embassy for 7 years and until now has been waiting for a decision over his extradition to the united states. good afternoon you're watching international just gone 4 o'clock in moscow good to have you company now we'll start this hour with breaking news because a u.k. court has rejected a u.s. extradition request for june the sangita concerns about his mental health he will remain in custody while the u.s. government decides whether to appeal the decision it has 2 weeks to do so and there were massi

time for it to pardon julian assange to go against everything that's been on when it comes to julian saunders case and the reaction from the u.s. to that but it's not happened so far and clearly we were not looking for any kind of reverse in tide and 'd this was what the u.s. department of justice official said in response to the earlier decision. to block that extradition. while we are extremely disappointed in the court's ultimate decision we are gratified that the united states prevailed on every point of law raised in particular the court rejected all of mr sanders arguments regarding political motivation political offense fair trial and freedom of speech we will continue to seek mr sanders extradition to the united states. well like i said there's barely any likelihood that something can change in the approach of the u.s. president with the arrival of joe biden but probably will have to wait and see in any case like i said potentially there are 2 appeals pending so this story is something that will keep hearing about perhaps for a while sure ok thanks. to the. season for. choosing the so

saunders extradition to the united states. those who have not followed the entire julian assange saga and particular 70 years at the ecuadorian embassy impressive for them the number one question would perhaps be what has the whistleblower done to infuriate the u.s. political elite so much we heard the most senior officials calling him a terrorist we heard one person saying it was time to shoot down this son of a and you know what follows well it is this damage to the u.s. image as a state that the whistleblower house calls to by getting access and then publishing all these classified documents which revealed so many skeletons and uncle sam's closet that many would see as war crimes now to go through the timeline of we can leaks revelations and publications we've prepared this short summary for you. oh my god what are you going to do. does the n.s.a. collect any data millions of. wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence sort of. like a hot cold turkey. u.s. presidents come and go but not much seems to change under president barack obama 10 years ago it became abundantly clear what washington's stance on julien's is but we

speech we will continue to seek mr saunders extradition to the united states washington quickly announced it intends to appeal and continue pursuing the extradition of julian aside this makes sense as politicians from both sides of the united states' political spectrum have placed a target on his back or to argue that it's closer but in the high tech terrorist it is an attack on the international community but i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a son should be assassinated actually they're tough and say if we catch you we're going to hang you whatever when the world's top military power is out for your blood you don't really stand much of a chance they're ready to throw the book at him he's facing 18 different charges 17 for as and one for attempted hacking of a u.s. government computer if convicted he could face up to 175 years in u.s. prisons the law being invoked is an obscure piece of legislation known as the espionage act from 1917 it was originally used against peace activists during the 1st world war now the parts of the law that suppressed free speech had been cut down by the

sounded the alarm on the state of julian associates health after visiting him in britain's belmarsh high security prison with a team of doctors today on twitter mr saunders lawyer or not i feel or i thought the un team for their efforts saying it and probably saved the wiki leaks founder as life nils meltzer spoke with the w today and told us what prompted him to get involved in this case. in the beginning i refused to actually get into this case because i was very much marked by the same prejudices that the broader public has been affected by through the mainstream press reporting on this response for 10 years it was only when i started to actually look into pieces of evidence to see that that whole narrative that has been spread about him for so long. was not supported by evidence and that's what triggered my interest in this case and i then visited him together with a medical team in belmarsh prison and we found that he showed all the symptoms that are typical for persons that have been exposed to psychological torture for a prolonged period of time it's important to clarify that obviously modern forms of torture. that cannot be compared to the kind o

sounded the alarm on the state of julian associates health after visiting him in britain's belmarsh high security prison with a team of doctors today on twitter mr saunders lawyer i feel or thought the un team for their efforts saying it and probably saved the wiki leaks founder life nils meltzer spoke with the w today and told us what prompted him to get involved in this case. in the beginning i refused to actually get into this case because i was very much marked by the same prejudices that the broader public have been affected by through the mainstream press reporting on this response for 10 years it was only when i started to actually look into pieces of evidence to see that that whole narrative that had been spread about him for so long. was not supported by evidence and that's what triggered my interest in this case and i've been visited him together with a medical team in belmarsh prison and we found that he showed all the symptoms that are typical for persons that have been exposed to psychological torture for a prolonged period of time it's important to clarify that obviously modern forms of torture they cannot be compared to the kind of medieva

julian or sean after the decision by the u.k. court not to extradite the wiki leaks founder to the u.s. saunders wanted by the u.s. on a spin on charges of publishing thousands of secret american military documents those are the headlines and back with more news in half an hour to stay with us. and i'm a buddhist for who had if it could be me them from long island on the then find me a bit aside. from the. muffled in and i would. just about you. know i'm as. i said battles on almost anybody i mean what though ana how did. a little my kind of dim sob come on my sad new hey young. will had in addition i think we still have them as. in. the end they are almost a financial interest haven't any sunny day with a day. like . this where the good. because. it's. all over the issue that would hasten the model fish weight than would benefit of us had they been a few more of a high stock dismantle. the washout of an animal by more. of the. the be. a very. it was with of thor with something of a dumb it's a matter that i said to him with whom in whom i am and when etc and the may then comforts have been an issue why the most p

refused his extradition because of mr saunders fragile mental health so what happens next i'm phil gale in berlin and this is the day. today is a victory for julian it's a victory and. everybody everyone that wants this today's victory is the 1st step towards justice in this case it is time for the united states to shut down extraordinary prosecution which has free speech. now not. explore. undergoing the most frightful 1st. experiences and then. mr president tear down. enough is enough we've had enough of this regional in. the press. corps on the great trump on tape the u.s. president of precious they talk and that's an official in the u.s. state of georgia to find him enough votes to overturn his election loss we took the call. conversation he did most of the talking to most listeners but i did want to make the data that he has is just plain wrong. welcome to the day a british judge has ruled that wiki leaks founder julian assange cannot be extradited to the united states to face espionage charges the judge said that x. . addition would be oppressive to mr soldier's mental health the u.s. says it will appeal to julian associates an australian c

really wants julian walks out of bell mosque and that could be sometime in the future yet what what are your phasor concerns about the future of journalism the whole thing about jena saunders that he was revealing state secrets in the public interest but it looks like you know the authorities have put the kybosh on that. absolutely and that's the key point about the brace to gudgeon mint is that. craig murray said in your interview just before hand you know the security is a security state the empire's you like the u.s. and britain saying quite clearly this is no defense you want to do this stuff you're going to be punished and it was a good government brace to make it quite clear that he wasn't saying that journalists have exceptions all journalists are protected in any way if you if you get what the premises are if you get to the gate of matters which we deem essential for national security to say thing will can and will probably happen to you if you're a journalist who wants to go down this path and it's a deterrent effect obviously any journalist watching this what you what's happened to julian. who would really it's be honest want to put themselves through this if the