China News Service, April 27th, according to the Russian Satellite Network, the British judge in London Vanessa Baraitser (Vanessa Baraitser) ruled that "Wikipedia" founder Assange's extradition hearing will be postponed until November 2. Three weeks.
According to reports, Assange ’s lawyer announced last week that it would request an extension of the extradition hearing on the grounds that it was unable to fully contact Assange due to the epidemic ’s restrictive measures.
It is reported that the extradition hearing is divided into two parts. In February this year, the first part of the trial and debate has been held. The second part of the extradition hearing was postponed. The hearing was originally expected to be held on May 18.
Assange created the "Wiki Secret" website in 2006. In 2010, the website published a large number of secret documents of the US government about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which caused a huge blow to the US diplomatic image.
In November 2010, the Swedish prosecutor charged Assange with alleged rape during his stay in Sweden that August. Assange, who was in the UK, was denied all charges after being arrested by British police. The British Supreme Court ruled that he could be extradited to Sweden.
In June 2012, Assange entered the Ecuadorian Embassy in the United Kingdom to seek asylum while on bail.
In April 2019, after Ecuador announced the withdrawal of asylum granted to Assange, the 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 prison in the UK on charges of violating bail regulations and entering the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK for asylum.
Currently, the United States is seeking to extradite Assange. On February 24, 2020, a local court in London, UK, agreed to extradite Assange for trial. The American lawyer who filed the request for extradition charged Assange with more than ten counts. Assange's lawyer believes that once Assange is convicted, he will face a maximum sentence of 175 years. The next stage of the extradition hearing was originally scheduled to begin in May this year.