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Published: Thursday, 13 June 2019 08:04

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Photo: RHCLondon, June 13.- The British Minister of the Interior, Sajid Javid, has signed the request of the US Department of Justice. for the extradition of Julian Assange, announced the official on the Today Program broadcast of BBC Radio 4.

"There is a request for extradition from the United States that will be presented to the courts tomorrow, but yesterday I signed the extradition order and certified it," the minister said in the program, referring to Russia Today.

"Sajid Javid stressed that" it is a decision for the courts of last resort "At the same time, he added that" there is a very important part for the Secretary of the Interior "in this matter, and that he wants" justice to be done " at all times "" We had a legitimate extradition request, so I signed it. But the final decision is now with the courts, "he said.

Currently, the founder of WikiLeaks is imprisoned in Belmarsh prison, in south-east London. The Crown Court of Southwark sentenced him to 50 weeks of imprisonment for alleged violations of the terms of probation he committed after taking refuge in the Embassy of Ecuador in London.

A hearing is scheduled for this Friday in connection with the US request regarding Assange. The journalist was ill and could not appear by videoconference at the hearing in the Magistrates Court of Westminster in London last month, so the fact was postponed. Depending on his state of health, which has deteriorated, the hearing could take place in Belmarsh prison, reports The Guardian. (RHC)