The Westminster Magistrates’ Court refused to release on bail Australian journalist and founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange. This means that Assange will be in jail until the US extradition appeal is considered, reports RIA Novosti a>.
The decision was attributed to the fact that the journalist had previously violated the terms of bail. Those representing the interests of the Australian in court made it clear that they did not intend to put up with the verdict and would challenge it.
Earlier it was reported that the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, co-founder of the “Community of Peaceful People” Irishwoman Mairead Corrigan nominated a former employee of US National Security Agency for the award Edward Snowden , WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his informant Chelsea Manning. She listed the candidates for the award in her letter to Nobel Committee .
On January 4, it became known that the London court refused extradition to the US authorities Assange. The corresponding decision on Monday, January 4, was made by the judge Vanessa Baraitser (Vanessa Baraitser). She did not authorize Assange’s extradition to the United States for fears that he might commit suicide “facing total isolation.”