China News Service, February 10, According to a Reuters report on the 10th, the US Department of Justice stated that the Biden administration plans to continue to seek the extradition of the founder of WikiLeaks, Assange, from the UK to the US in order to accept charges.
According to reports, on February 9, local time, the US Department of Justice spokesperson Marc Raimondi said that the US government will continue to challenge a ruling made by a British judge last month, “We continue to seek his extradition.”
On January 4, the Central Criminal Court in London, England, made a ruling that it did not agree to the extradition of Assange by the US government on the grounds that Assange had mental health problems.
Data map: The picture shows the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.
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Assange created the "WikiLeaks" website in 2006.
In 2010, the website published a large number of secret documents of the US government on the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, which caused a huge blow to the US diplomatic image.
In November 2010, the Swedish prosecutor accused Assange of rape during his stay in Sweden in August of that year.
After being arrested by the British police, Assange denied all charges.
In June 2012, Assange entered the Ecuadorian Embassy in the UK to seek asylum during his release on bail.
In April 2019, after Ecuador announced the withdrawal of the asylum granted to Assange, the British police arrested Assange again.
In May 2019, Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison in the UK.
The US Department of Justice made a request to the UK in June 2019 to extradite Assange to the US.
Assange faces up to 18 criminal charges in the United States. His lawyer said that if Assange was convicted in the United States, he may face up to 175 years in prison.
The British District Court will hear the extradition case from February 24, 2020.