By Ben Quinn
Lawyers for US government deliver opening arguments as extradition case begins
Reporting for journalism is not an excuse for breaking laws, lawyers acting for the US government have said on the first day of a legal battle over whether the Wikileaks founder can be extradited from the UK.
The US case was opened on Monday at Woolwich crown court in south-east London by James Lewis QC, who said that by disseminating material in an unredacted form he knowingly put human rights activists, dissidents, journalists and their families at risk of serious harm in states operated by oppressive regimes.
Source: Julian Assange hearing: ‘journalism is no excuse for breaking law’
Category: UK news
