Julian Assange is taking an appeal against his extradition to the United States to the European Court of Human Rights

He faces one hundred and seventy-five years in prison. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is trying to avoid extradition to the United States for disseminating thousands of classified documents, appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which on Friday, December 2, confirmed to Reuters the European jurisdiction.

The appeal is aimed at challenging a decision by British authorities in late June to approve his extradition to the United States, which Washington has sought for more than a decade. The 51-year-old Australian is on British soil, where he spent more than seven years at the Ecuadorian embassy in London before being jailed in 2019.

He is being prosecuted in the US on eighteen counts related to the publication by WikiLeaks since 2010 of more than 700,000 classified documents relating to US military and diplomatic activities, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Heads of state and the media demand the termination of the prosecution

On Wednesday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had personally asked US officials to end legal proceedings against the Australian citizen. “Some time ago I expressed my opinion that enough is enough. It is time to bring this matter to an end.”– Mr. Albanes told the Australian Parliament.

two days earlier, the world and four more international media (The New York Times, The Guardian, El Pais and Der Spiegel) also called on the US government to drop charges against the WikiLeaks founder, arguing that in the general forum, “Publishing is not a crime”.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro also announced on November 22 in favor of Assange’s release and said. Support the global fight for the freedom of journalist Julian Assange.in a published notice TwitterSupported by a photo of his meeting the day before with two WikiLeaks delegates.

“I ask President Biden, along with other Latin American presidents, not to charge a journalist just for telling the truth.added the first left-wing president in Colombia’s history, who was elected in June.

In order to appeal his extradition to the United States, Julien Assange also arrested the High Court in London a few months ago, which should issue a decision in early 2023.