UK government formally approved extraditing Julian Assange to the US.

The UK government formally approved extraditing Julian Assange to the US.

His rejected appeal was against the court's decision that being in a US prison would not put him in danger of death. Other questions remain to be appealed, including the UK's acceptance of the US assertion that

Assange's journalism constitutes spying.

Here's more explanation about why the US charges against Assange are a danger to democracy and the public.