LONDON—A lawyer for Julian Assange argued Wednesday that the WikiLeaks founder should not be sent to the United States because a U.K.-U.S. treaty bans extradition for political offences. Assange, 48, is wanted in the U.S. on spying charges over the leaking of classified government documents a decade ago. Assange’s attorney, Edward Fitzgerald, said Wednesday that extradition for political offences is prohibited under the 2003 U.K.-U.S. Extradition Treaty. “The U.S., of course, writes it into every treaty because they don’t want their citizens being extradited for political offences.”U.S. authorities deny Assange is being prosecuted for political offences.

Source: thestar February 26, 2020 17:26 UTC