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Julian Assange arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, after the WikiLeaks founder was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police and taken into custody following the Ecuadorian government's withdrawal of asylum in 2019.
APPROVING the extradition of Julian Assange would be “medically and ethically unacceptable,” a group of 300 doctors from 35 countries has warned Priti Patel.
The Home Secretary has until June 19 to decide whether to allow the WikiLeaks founder to be extradited to the US to stand trial, after the High Court ruled last month that he could be removed.
The decision overturned a previous ruling by a judge in January 2021 rejecting the extradition request on health grounds.
Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
A maverick’s self-inflicted snake bites could unlock breakthrough treatments – but they also reveal deeper tensions between noble scientific curiosity and cold corporate callousness, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
