- Assange appealed against extradition in February 2024.
- The court granted the WikiLeaks founder full right of appeal in the United Kingdom.
- US prosecutors say Assange put lives at risk by revealing information.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was partially successful when a UK High Court allowed him to appeal his extradition decision, signed in 2022 by then Home Secretary Priti Patel.
According to prosecutors, the confidential information and war crimes unearthed by WikiLeaks endangered the lives of those whose names were not withheld and who should be tried in US courts, reported bbc.
The founder of WikiLeaks filed the appeal against extradition in February 2024.
The decision was issued by two senior judges who allowed Assange to question the guarantees given by Washington about his future trial in the United States, taking into account his right to freedom of expression.
Lawyers for Assange, 52, embraced each other and argued that the case was politically motivated.
The resistance to his extradition came more than a decade after his website published classified military secrets revealing US war crimes in 2010 and 2011.
Now Assange, who is in Belmarsh prison, has several months to prepare a full appeal in the United Kingdom.
Australian citizen Assange maintained that his revelation in 2010 made public the war crimes committed by the United States. The news in favor of the journalist was applauded among his followers.
His wife, Stella Assange, told the media outlet that it would be a “decisive” day in the protracted legal battle.
His wife also added that she would “continue fighting until Julián is free,” regardless of what the judges rule.
The United States has been seeking to extradite Assange for committing “one of the largest compromises of classified information in U.S. history,” according to the Justice Department.
The US military had reportedly killed civilians in unreported incidents during the war in Afghanistan.
Assange's wife said: “This case is that country's revenge against openness and accountability.”
