The US Justice Department has been building a criminal case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for years. There has been some evidence that there are charges secretly filed against him, pending the possibility of the US getting ahold of him.
On Wednesday, WikiLeaks has launched a lawsuit to try to force the Trump
Administration to disclose any secret charges that have been filed
against Assange. WikiLeaks is petitioning the Inter-American Commission
of Human Rights to help with contesting extradition to the United
States.
From the moment the first WikiLeaks revelations started becoming
embarrassing to US officials, top officials began to rail against the
group in general and Assange in particular. Concern Assange would be
extradited to the US, and potentially executed, was a big reason why he
sought asylum in Ecuador.
Assange has been in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for years. There is
interest in him leaving the embassy, but only with assurances on what
would happen to him if he did. Knowing what he is actually being
secretly charged with would be a big step in figuring that out.
WikiLeaks Sues to Unseal Secret US Charges Against Julian Assange
Prosecutors are pressing witnesses to testify against Assange
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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