He is now going back to the British Interior Minister, Prii Patel, to approve the extradition order.
Le Monde with AFP
After years of judicial iron arms, the British justice formally authorized, Wednesday, April 20, the extradition of the founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange in the United States, who want to judge him for espionage.
The Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, officially made an extradition order and it is now up to the British Interior Minister, Prii Patel, to approve it, although defense lawyers could still appeal to the High Court of Justice.
Refusal of the British Supreme Court to examine his action
taken in a long judicial saga, the 50-year-old Australian is sought after by US justice, who wants to judge him for the broadcast, from 2010, more than 700,000 classified documents on US military and diplomatic activities , especially in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In particular, pursued by virtue of espionage legislation, Julian Assange risks one hundred and seventy-five years in prison, in a case denounced by human rights organizations as a serious attack on freedom of the press. On March 14, he had seen one of his last hopes disappear from avoiding his extradition, with the refusal of the British Supreme Court to examine his appeal.