Julian Assange has been granted a reprieve in his battle against extradition to the US to face charges of spying and hacking after the High Court in London called for Washington to provide assurances about his future treatment.
In a ruling on Tuesday, the court gave the US three weeks to provide undertakings that Assange would be treated the same as a US citizen at trial, would not be subjected to the death penalty and would be able to rely on First Amendment free-speech protections.
The decision to give the WikiLeaks founder scope to make further representations on such issues — three of nine grounds of appeal put forward by his lawyers — means he will not be extradited for at least two months.
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