Julian Assange too ill for court date, lawyer says

[nitpicker]

Source: DW

Julian Assange, the Australian founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, was in too poor health to appear at a British court hearing on a US extradition request on Thursday, even via a video link from prison, his lawyer said at the brief hearing in London.

The lawyer, Gareth Peirce, said Assange, 47, was "in fact far from well," a description echoed by Judge Emma Arbuthnot.

WikiLeaks itself on Wednesday voiced concerns about Assange's state of health, saying he had been moved to the health ward of Belmarsh prison and had lost a lot of weight. The non-profit organization said its publisher's health had "already significantly deteriorated" during the seven years he spent staying at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he had found refuge in 2012 after Sweden sought his extradition on sexual assault charges.
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The court has now set June 12 as the date of a next hearing on the US' extradition request. Swedish prosecutors have also reopened their investigations of Assange after suspending them during his stay at the embassy.
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Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/julian-assange-too-ill-for-court-date-lawyer-says/a-48975657

[hlthe2b]

1. Is he really ill?

[Renew Deal]

2. I'm sure he's well enough to take a flight to Moscow.

[3Hotdogs]

3. I guess the judge must have seen a physician's report and not relied on the lawyers request for

continuance.

[DetlefK]

4. I guess, his spirit has been broken. He has realized in how deep a shit he really is:

Half a year in jail in the UK for jumping bail.

Then put on trial for rape in Sweden. Behind bars.

Then whatever he gets as a jail-sentence in Sweden.

Then put on trial in the US. Behind bars.

Then whatever he gets as a jail-sentence in the US.

Plus, whatever additional charges come on top of that, such as Wikileaks cooperating with russian cybercriminals.



Even if both Sweden and the US acquit him on all charges, he will spend the next 2 years behind bars.

[Princetonian]

5. Good. Let him die in prison.

No mercy for malicious foreign assets.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. He hasn't drank any tea lately I hope

[B Stieg]

7. Thoughts and Prayers

Every time this guy is mentioned, I think of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero."

And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see
A working class hero is something to be...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. It's the Mubarak defense. nt

[ToxMarz]

9. he seems like he would be an anti-vaxer

maybe he just has the measles

[Blue_Tires]

10. LOL what a fuckin' coward

[MosheFeingold]

11. I wonder if he has been poisoned

That's the most typical way of disposing of those who know too much.

[TexasBushwhacker]

12. He's no longer an asset

Makes sense to me.

[Jose Garcia]

13. Hepatitis C?