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Assange is back to the dock, extradition trial resumed
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Assange is back to the dock, extradition trial resumed
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London, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back to the dock on Monday at the London Criminal Court as the trial to determine whether he will be extradited to the United States was resumed.
As happened before, during the first part of the trial in February, Assange is in a glass cubicle at a side of the courtroom, protected by two security guards and apart from the defense team.
The Australian journalist, whom the United States wants to try for leaking thousands of secret files from US diplomacy and the military on WikiLeaks, only spoke when Judge Vanessa Baraitser, in charge of ruling on his extradition, asked him to confirm his identity.
At the beginning of the trial, one of Assange's defense attorneys, Edward Fitzgerald, told the judge that it was the first time he had seen his client over the last six months.
The extradition hearing must last at least three weeks, and the losing party can appeal the sentence.
If Assange is handed over to US justice, he might be sentenced to 175 years in prison.
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