Julian Assange is not yet being extradited to the U.S. The Wikileaks founder has in the past few minutes won the right to appeal against the extradition following a ruling by the UK’s High Court.
Today was a big one in Assange’s ongoing legal battle and his wife Stella Assange told the BBC in the past few hours that it was a “decisive” day.
The decision means Assange will be able to challenge U.S. assurances over how his prospective trial would be conducted and whether his right to free speech would be infringed, according to the BBC, which said his lawyers hugged after the ruling.
Assange has spent the past five years in a prison in London while awaiting the extradition hearing. At a briefing last week, Stella Assange and supporters pleaded passionately over his innocence.
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