Julian Assange granted appeal in UK High Court

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been granted the right to appeal his extradition to the U.S. because the UK High Court agreed he may not be able to rely on his First Amendment right of free speech in any potential trial. CGTN’s Iolo ap Dafydd reports from the High Court in London.  #assange

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00:00 How sweet it is. A decision to allow a full hearing to examine in detail in the future

00:17 if Julian Assange could face a fair trial in the United States to answer the 18 charges

00:23 that have been presented to him by the American government has now been delayed again. Now

00:28 this has responded, the response outside was to loud cheers because this is seen as a victory

00:34 by the several hundred supporters of Julian Assange here. But actually in court, barristers

00:40 for the Americans and barristers for the defence of Julian Assange were arguing a very narrow

00:46 remit whether indeed the extradition would allow Julian Assange, if he was sent to the

00:51 United States to answer those espionage indictments, whether he would be allowed under American

01:01 law to be given a fair trial to answer those allegations. So now another full hearing here

01:09 in the UK and in the meantime Julian Assange will stay in Belmarsh prison.

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