Julian Assange is far from an angel but he should be treated fairly
The idea that Britain’s courts can be used for a proxy vendetta against an irksome exposer of nefarious state activities should alarm anyone who wants to live in a free country.
Let’s face it, Julian Assange is not the most sympathetic of figures, but his likeability is of no relevance to whether he is being properly treated by the criminal justice system.
The WikiLeaks founder, who holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London fearing his deportation to the US, is in Belmarsh high-security prison awaiting precisely that. Last week, British Home Secretary Priti Patel signed an executive order under which he can be handed over to the American authorities for trial on charges of espionage, for which he could face the clearly preposterous sentence of 175 years in prison.
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Philip Johnston is assistant editor and leader writer at London's Daily Telegraph.
