minutes we have heard from the british court that they have ruled against the extradition of junior sanch let's get more reaction i have neil clark is behind me he's an independent journalist based in the u.k. he's been following the giving of songe case for years to watch your reaction today i can only say it must be one of surprise i'm going to showing but also you must be very happy with the way this is gone so far today. good morning and happy new year to everybody yes it is good it is a very pleasant new year's surprise isn't it like many other people i think most people were expecting the decision to go the other way that julian would be extradited to the u.s. . it hasn't been course this is cause for celebration understandably but as you said yourself. but out of the woods yet because of course the united states prosecutors can appeal against this and so it will depend what they just what the united states is next they can appeal in which case this saga goes on for many more months the ball is very much now in the u.s. is court as to what happens next yet we're still speculating as

now while the blocking of the extradition is good news for sanch press freedom groups are dismayed because the judge maintained that the u.s. had a solid case against him and only refused to send him to the u.s. over concerns for his poor mental health authorities murdered looks at the message the ruling sends to journalists. it may not yet be but of these a wean a songe the now has been span being fed into the muscle a sma can until mouth of the u.s. justice system. was. 'd 6 the verdict was a damning indictment of the songes mental health will how it must have deteriorated for a judge in such a politically charged case to have made it the chief consideration she just didn't believe he'd survive in the u.s. jail the overall impressions of a depressed and sometimes despairing man who is generally fearful about his future the risk to mr science will commit suicide is a substantial one for years we've heard about the psychological torture of julian a songe the better part of a decades bent in hiding in fear of political persecution it has taken a terrible toll and sent an even more terrible

news week for julian assange the founder of wiki leaks a judge in the united kingdom ruled that a sanch would not be extradited to the u.s. to face espionage charges and then just 2 days later that same judge rejected a senator's new bail application meaning he must remain in prison phillips has been watching this case for us flow this is a mixed legal message from those charges yes richard because although the british court rejected the extradition request on humane grounds the concern is that your innocence would be a suicide risk if he ended up in the u.s. prison it did side with the u.s. when it came to the substance of the case against him that includes charges under the espionage act which treats the publication of classified information as a criminal offense press freedom advocates are concerned that this verdict will set a precedent for the prosecution of all kinds of journalism in the u.k. here's how reporters without borders describe the ruling from outside the court now the court has failed to make a clear stand. of press freedom we need to see strengthen his journalistic pro

department of justice to drop all charges against the sanch we harden that a british court has denied the united states requests to extradite julian assange lunch the u.s. government's decision to charge the wiki leaks founder said a harmful legal precedent for the prosecution of journalists around the world simply for interacting with their sources we are the u.s. department of justice to refrain from further pursuing extradition through appeals and to drop all charges against a stone age 1st on the case block to u.s. extradition of the mental health in 2002 british hacker gary mckinnon was accused of breaching u.s. military computer systems had he been found guilty he could have faced up to 70 years in prison in america after a decade long legal battle to resume and then home secretary refused to send him stateside citing the risk of suicide i spoke exclusively with mckinnon about the case. we should leave him be in this position you know 7 years in ecuador an embassy the best part of 2 years in belmarsh prison for telling the truth you know he's not a criminal. jury and the killing

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says it will appeal the court's decision and has 15 days to do so the court says that a sanch will remain in custody while the u.s. government lodges its appeal at the same time it also said a decision on whether to release the weeklies co-founder on bail will be taken on wednesday stateside the weaklings co-founder faces espionage charges for publishing secret military documents he is known to the world for exposing u.s. war crimes the u.s. has indicted him on 17 counts of spying and one of conspiracy to hack a government computer he would face up to 175 years in prison if convicted well there were massive celebrations outside the london court has when the judge announced the verdict. was read. was. a fire it was was it was. it was there was was no but it was was it was a lot of folks now the events that did lead up to the songes long fight for freedom . jr and his son has come a long way from an obscure activist to freedom fighter or traitor depending on who you are squarely one thing you can deny him though is that he led the charge that we kill leaks to dig up the secrets that america

remind you them what happened because a few hours ago a british judge did rule against extraditing jr sanch to the united states due to concerns over his mental health the u.s. has said it will appeal the course decision because in london says the discharge will remain in custody ahead of the appeal but also said a decision on whether to release the wiki leaks co-founder on bail will be taken on wednesday now there were huge celebrations outside the london courthouse when the judge announced the verdict human rights activist and former british diplomat craig murray who was present during the hearing spoke outside the court after the decision. we are delighted delighted but here soon going to be a free man again today we are swept away by our joy. c was. be with us i'm delighted we have seen some humanity at the end of the process it doesn't really matter in the sense how over justice has been breached even if it's been breached by a peculiar process. like ours he ok let's have a look at some other world news that's been happening today because in america the coronavirus vaccine rollout isn'

they will whichever way which side you're on that is the verdict isn't it that this caged community sanch they say look it wasn't politically motivated and there's no public interest defense the only reason we're not extraditing him is due to mental health concerns that it's not a great day for journalism is it when you hear that you know of course not it's not so great. i think it. this ruling is a it is a matter of concern because someone else could could easily be criminalized the in the in the future but i think for for julian the the next approach 'd for him was going to geneva in switzerland with a humanitarian visit it takes 'd on its meaning right now because i would like to remind you and i'm surprised that the media in english don't talk about it enough the the parliament of the ground of geneva 'd has voted by by a vast majority to grant him humanitarian visit so that he could be treated at the university hospitals of geneva if it's a matter of health it could be important and the voted for that's the state of a region of the state voted for that and the fact is that julian ass

has been in pursuit if you knew sanch over the last few years now right after i think we can actually get more reaction with a geopolitical and. patrick thanks for coming on short notice just firstly what sure reaction to the fact that has been denied by. i think it's completely outrageous considering the circumstances of his personal condition mental and physical but not only that just you know where he stands in reference to other similar cases so if you look at precedent law you look at other cases even in the british courts there's just plenty of examples that would say you know he needs to be granted bail right now there's terrorists that have been in the exact same position in terms of extradition proceedings who were tagged with ankle bracelets and allowed to go home and you know basically have a fairly normal life with their family although somewhat confined and also tracked by g.p.s. tracker so i mean the arguments made by the judge vanessa berets are they simply don't conform with reality she's characterizing his flight a decade ago from what she calls absconding but in fact

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