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So is Julian Assange going to be released now or what?

by tedeh 6y ago

tsjq 6y ago
If released , will he be safe?
- gadders 6y ago
  If Hillary Clinton gets a role under Biden, then probably not.
  - ramijames 6y ago
    I'm genuinely concerned. What is wrong with you?
    - gadders 6y ago
      Nice ad-hominem attack. Good skills. Wikileaks leaks about the Democrat Party corruption prior to the 2016 election certainly hurt her. And there are unconfirmed reports she joked about hitting him with a drone. https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/hillary-clinton-drone-strike-wikileaks-julian-assange https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/hillary-clinton-drone-s...
      - rvz 6y ago
        If true, it already sounds like 'exposing the truth' really does hurt some people so badly that they would take pleasure in jokingly drone-striking them at full force to shut them up; if they could. An insult to injury I guess.
      - djsumdog 6y ago
        It's not really a joke either. The Clitnon's have been corrupt for years. The entire Hunter/Biden censorship of the Post by Facebook and Twitter show the interests of big tech align with that of the Bush/Clinton dynasty. Biden could have him killed. He's an empty husk of a president, and will be controlled by the big interests, the Clinton and anyone else who he's been compromised by. We've been living in 1984 for decades and most of American won't acknowledge it.
        amanaplanacanal 6y ago
        The dictatorship is hidden so well none of us can actually feel its effects.
  - Triv888 6y ago
    "Can't we just drone this guy?" "It would have been a joke if I ever said that." - HC
  - dang 6y ago
    Please don't take HN threads into flamewar hell. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
gadders 6y ago
"Mr Assange was jailed for 50 weeks in May 2019 for breaching his bail conditions after going into hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London." Given that the US Government is appealing and he has a record of skipping bail, I'd guess no. I suppose they might possibly let him out with an ankle bracelet, but no idea for sure.
- pmyteh 6y ago
  (Most) English prisoners only serve half the given sentence in prison before being released on license, so he won't go back to prison for that. I don't know if he can be held pending a US appeal on the extradition case, given his history of skipping bail.
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- supergirl 6y ago
  doesn’t make sense to jail him until appeal is resolved. he is only in jail for skipping bail.
- raverbashing 6y ago
  So, didn't the 50wks go by already (or due to other factors) or he remains in custody due to the extradition proceedings?
- rsynnott 6y ago
  Time served; it's already more than 50 weeks after May 2019, much though it may seem like it's still March 2020.
andylynch 6y ago
Looks like the judge has ordered his discharge in the case - I guess it depends on where he is in serving his uk sentence.
- deleted 6y ago
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supergirl 6y ago
he should be, if he served his time. not a lawyer but it doesn’t sound right to jail him until appeal is resolved. he is in jail only for skipping bail I think, not for being extradited
supergirl 6y ago
he might. he better fly to russia the same day
gsnedders 6y ago
He is currently imprisoned pending a USA appeal (which they have stated, to the court, they will make); his lawyer told the court that he would submit an application for bail on Wednesday (and not to the court today).
- djsumdog 6y ago
  Appeals are not a right in the UK and rarely granted. This is a highly political case, so it might get herd. I hope he goes free. Assange is a true Australian hero, even though his own government abandoned him.
  - gsnedders 6y ago
    Right; to be pedantic, he is being held in custody until such point that the High Court decide to grant leave to appeal. I would be frankly _amazed_ if in this case the High Court doesn't allow an appeal. And I'd be surprised if the Supreme Court didn't too. It's such a high profile and politicised case that it's incredibly likely to be viewed to be in the public interest.

So is Julian Assange going to be released now or what?

by tedeh 6y ago

So is Julian Assange going to be released now or what?

tsjq 6y ago

If released , will he be safe?

gadders 6y ago
If Hillary Clinton gets a role under Biden, then probably not.
- ramijames 6y ago
  I'm genuinely concerned. What is wrong with you?
  - gadders 6y ago
    Nice ad-hominem attack. Good skills. Wikileaks leaks about the Democrat Party corruption prior to the 2016 election certainly hurt her. And there are unconfirmed reports she joked about hitting him with a drone. https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/hillary-clinton-drone-strike-wikileaks-julian-assange https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/hillary-clinton-drone-s...
    - rvz 6y ago
      If true, it already sounds like 'exposing the truth' really does hurt some people so badly that they would take pleasure in jokingly drone-striking them at full force to shut them up; if they could. An insult to injury I guess.
    - djsumdog 6y ago
      It's not really a joke either. The Clitnon's have been corrupt for years. The entire Hunter/Biden censorship of the Post by Facebook and Twitter show the interests of big tech align with that of the Bush/Clinton dynasty. Biden could have him killed. He's an empty husk of a president, and will be controlled by the big interests, the Clinton and anyone else who he's been compromised by. We've been living in 1984 for decades and most of American won't acknowledge it.
      - amanaplanacanal 6y ago
        The dictatorship is hidden so well none of us can actually feel its effects.
- Triv888 6y ago
  "Can't we just drone this guy?" "It would have been a joke if I ever said that." - HC
- dang 6y ago
  Please don't take HN threads into flamewar hell. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

gadders 6y ago

"Mr Assange was jailed for 50 weeks in May 2019 for breaching his bail conditions after going into hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London." Given that the US Government is appealing and he has a record of skipping bail, I'd guess no. I suppose they might possibly let him out with an ankle bracelet, but no idea for sure.

pmyteh 6y ago
(Most) English prisoners only serve half the given sentence in prison before being released on license, so he won't go back to prison for that. I don't know if he can be held pending a US appeal on the extradition case, given his history of skipping bail.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
supergirl 6y ago
doesn’t make sense to jail him until appeal is resolved. he is only in jail for skipping bail.
raverbashing 6y ago
So, didn't the 50wks go by already (or due to other factors) or he remains in custody due to the extradition proceedings?
rsynnott 6y ago
Time served; it's already more than 50 weeks after May 2019, much though it may seem like it's still March 2020.

andylynch 6y ago

Looks like the judge has ordered his discharge in the case - I guess it depends on where he is in serving his uk sentence.

deleted 6y ago
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supergirl 6y ago

he should be, if he served his time. not a lawyer but it doesn’t sound right to jail him until appeal is resolved. he is in jail only for skipping bail I think, not for being extradited

supergirl 6y ago

he might. he better fly to russia the same day

gsnedders 6y ago

He is currently imprisoned pending a USA appeal (which they have stated, to the court, they will make); his lawyer told the court that he would submit an application for bail on Wednesday (and not to the court today).

djsumdog 6y ago
Appeals are not a right in the UK and rarely granted. This is a highly political case, so it might get herd. I hope he goes free. Assange is a true Australian hero, even though his own government abandoned him.
- gsnedders 6y ago
  Right; to be pedantic, he is being held in custody until such point that the High Court decide to grant leave to appeal. I would be frankly _amazed_ if in this case the High Court doesn't allow an appeal. And I'd be surprised if the Supreme Court didn't too. It's such a high profile and politicised case that it's incredibly likely to be viewed to be in the public interest.