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