UK Court allows Assange to appeal US extradition in Supreme Court and other stories

Today we look at a ruling granting Julian Assange the right to appeal against his extradition, the constitutional crisis in the Honduran Congress, and more

January 24, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we look at the ruling issued by the UK High Court granting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange the right to appeal his extradition to the US; the conflict in the Honduran Congress around the swearing-in of the incoming Libre government’s candidate for head of the legislature’s Board of Directors; the killing of journalist Lourdes Maldonado in Tijuana, Mexico; and the increasing recruitment of medical staff from poor countries by wealthy countries and its impact on worsening health inequities during the COVID-19 pandemic.