What was issued is not an approval of extradition. It was a remittance. This means, the UK High Court found that the district judge ruled in error on 2 points out of the 5 the US government appealed on.
Because of this, the case is sent back to the magistrate courts and is effectively retried before being sent to the UK Secretary of State, who makes the final decision.
This ruling just represents the continuation of using the process itself to punish Assange.
As long as the US can endlessly appeal decisions, they can keep Julian as a silent hostage in the UK without ever having to proceed with their actual case against him.
Assange's legal team will likely be able to appeal things during this process, and by no means does the road end here for Julian, or for our collective rights and liberties at stake in this case.
Everything is still very much in motion, and despite the UK High Court having failed to uphold any semblance of justice here, we are neither hopeless, nor lost.
So you understand the Assange case ruling:
What was issued is not an approval of extradition. It was a remittance. This means, the UK High Court found that the district judge ruled in error on 2 points out of the 5 the US government appealed on. Because of this, the case is sent back to the magistrate courts and is effectively retried before being sent to the UK Secretary of State, who makes the final decision.
This ruling just represents the continuation of using the process itself to punish Assange.
As long as the US can endlessly appeal decisions, they can keep Julian as a silent hostage in the UK without ever having to proceed with their actual case against him.
Assange's legal team will likely be able to appeal things during this process, and by no means does the road end here for Julian, or for our collective rights and liberties at stake in this case. Everything is still very much in motion, and despite the UK High Court having failed to uphold any semblance of justice here, we are neither hopeless, nor lost.
We will win this yet.
Excellent comment! 😎