China News Network, March 25. According to the Russian satellite network reported on the 25th, the London court rejected the request for the release of Assange's defense lawyer from the founder of "WikiLeaks" Assange. Earlier, Assange's lawyers submitted an application for bail to the Westminster District Court because of concerns about Assange's health in prison under the epidemic.
Data Map: Julian Assange, founder of "WikiLeaks" website.
It is reported that the London Westminster District Court rejected Assange's lawyer's bail request. Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Assange should remain in prison on the grounds that there were no new cases of corona pneumonia in the prison.
Assange created the "Wiki Secret" website in 2006. In 2010, the website published a large number of US government secret documents about the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, which severely damaged the image of the United States.
In November 2010, Swedish prosecutors charged Assange with rape during his stay in Sweden in August of that year. Assange, who was in the UK, was arrested by British police and denied all charges. The British Supreme Court ruled that he could be extradited to Sweden.
In June 2012, Assange entered the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK during bail to seek asylum.
In April 2019, after Ecuador announced the withdrawal of asylum granted to Assange, British police announced that Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in the United Kingdom. In May of that year, Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in the United Kingdom for violating bail regulations and entering the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK for asylum.
Currently, the United States is seeking extradition of Assange. On February 24, 2020, a district court in London, England, opened a trial on whether to agree to extradite Assange. The American lawyer who filed the extradition charge accused Assange of more than ten counts. Assange's lawyer believes that once Assange is convicted, he will face a maximum sentence of 175 years. The next extradition hearing will begin in May.