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[–] derram 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

https://archive.ph/wip/qS7dh :

2020-03-25 | Wikileaks founder Julian Assange denied bail by London court - Reuters

'LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition from Britain to the United States, was denied bail on Wednesday after his lawyers said he should be released because he was highly vulnerable to the coronavirus. '

'His lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald, told Westminster Magistrates Court that Assange had suffered from four respiratory tract infections during the years he spent living in the Ecuadorean embassy in London. '

'Assange’s past conduct showed how far he was prepared to go to avoid extradition proceedings, she added, and there were substantial grounds to believe that if released he would abscond again. '

'He said that if Assange fell ill with the virus in prison, “the risk could be fatal”. '

'Fitzgerald also said Assange had heart problems which put him at increased risk.“The emphasis is not on flight but survival,” Fitzgerald said, adding that there was no serious risk of Assange absconding. '


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