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UK grants Assange another hearing, avoids press freedom catastrophe — for now [1]

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Date: 2024-03

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Today, the High Court in London granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange another hearing in his extradition to the United States. The court ruled that on three of the nine grounds Assange’s legal team asked to appeal on, the United States must provide “assurances” to the court, and if the court does not find them satisfactory, Assange can bring his full appeal.

The United States has three weeks to provide the “assurances,” and then a further hearing will be held on May 20. Assange’s case has profound implications for press freedom in the United States.

The following statement can be attributed to Trevor Timm, executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF):

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