Wikileaks founder Julian Assange given temporary reprieve over extradition
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been given a temporary reprieve from extradition to the US where he faces charges that could lead to 175 years in jail over Wikileaks’ publication of leaked documents that revealed alleged US war crimes. Two judges said today that the court would delay proceedings against Assange to ask the US for assurances that the Wikileaks founder would not be subject to the death penalty and would be granted rights under the US constitution. The 52 year old is charged with 17 counts under the US Espionage Act 1917 and one count under the US Computer Fraud and Abu...