A poster held by an activist during a rally in support of Julian Assange in London. File photoUN, Jun 2The US legal system leaves no doubt that if Julian Assange is extradited to the US, he will stay behind bars until the end of his days, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said at a UN Security Council meeting. He noted that most of the crimes of the US and British military in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, as well as the torture in Guantanamo Bay and the secret prisons of the CIA in Europe, the world would never have known if it were not for the sensational materials released by Assange. with impunity, after this information became public knowledge? Rushed to investigate, to bring the perpetrators from among their citizens to justice? No — the only one who was declared a real hunt is Assange himself, «Nebenzya said. He noted that The UK is about to transfer the journalist to the US, where he is about to be tried on charges of espionage.» The US state police system leaves no doubt that the rest he will spend his life behind bars, if he lives to see the trial at all. That's all you need to know about the approaches of the collective West to the fight against impunity when it comes to themselves,» concluded Nebenzya.Mélenchon promised Assange French citizenship if his bloc was victorious. In May, Assange's defense filed a motion with the UK Home Secretary to block his extradition to the United States. London's Westminster Magistrates Court had previously issued an extradition order for Assange to the United States, where he faces 175 years in prison. The final decision on extradition must be made by the head of the UK Home Office. Assange became famous in 2006 in connection with his work on the WikiLeaks website, which was founded to publish classified documents. In 2010, the site released classified US military footage showing at least 18 civilians killed in the 2007 US helicopter attack in Baghdad. In 2010, the site also began publishing 250,000 US diplomatic documents. Assange, accused in Sweden in 2010 of sexual harassment and rape, has been hiding since June 2012 in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, fearing extradition. On the morning of April 11, 2019, he was detained at the request of the United States. Extradition hearings began on May 2, 2019. Shortly thereafter, the US authorities announced that they had filed new charges against Assange for 17 counts of violations of the espionage and disclosure of classified information law. man urged not to extradite Assange to the United States
