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Britain's High Court has postponed a ruling on the long-running case of Julian Assange's extradition to the United States. Assange will not be extradited until the court makes a decision.
According to the judge, it is unclear what will happen to the whistleblower in the US and whether he will receive a fair trial. Assange will not be extradited unless that country guarantees his treatment. In America he is suspected of espionage.
The judges gave Americans three weeks to guarantee, among other things, that Assange is entitled to the First Amendment to the US Constitution, which covers freedom of expression. The court also wants to know whether Assange can get the death penalty.
If these guarantees are not provided, the court will allow Assange to appeal against his deportation, the ruling said.
Assange has been fighting extradition to the US for years. There he faces up to 175 years in prison. In 2010, WikiLeaks released video of American helicopter pilots shooting unarmed Iraqi civilians, including children and two journalists.
It didn't stop there. In collaboration with the international media, WikiLeaks released the contents of hundreds of thousands of classified communications from US diplomatic missions around the world.
His wife Stella Assange has become the face of the campaign to free him. He receives support from various human rights organizations.
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