'I do not wish to surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism that has won many awards and protected many people,' he told the judge.
Chinese contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei, centre, and demonstrators protest with masks of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during a Pro-Assange demo at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on May 2, 2019. Picture: JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP
He appeared via videolink at Westminster Magistrates Court, where a lawyer for the US authorities briefly set out his alleged involvement in the release of classified documents. He was accused of sexual assault and rape but strongly denied the claims, saying they were linked to the whistleblowing work of WikiLeaks.
Manning passed hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, exposing US military wrongdoing in the Iraq war and diplomatic secrets about scores of countries.A lawyer for the US government, Ben Brandon, told the court on Thursday that investigators had found chatroom conversations between Assange and Manning in March 2010.
Assange’s supporters, who protested outside the court on Thursday, believe that more serious charges could be filed if he is transferred to the US, and he fears the death penalty. The next hearing in the US extradition case is only for further case management, and the whole process could take years.
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