Julian Assange will not, for the time being, be able to regain a freedom that he has not had for almost a decade. British Judge Vanessa Baraitser on Wednesday denied conditional release to the founder of WikiLeaks, considering that she is at risk of leakage. The decision was taken two days after Assange achieved his first judicial victory, as on Monday, faced with the risk of suicide, Judge Baraitser decided not to extradite Assange to the United States.

The judge, on this occasion, not to grant conditional release to Assange, endorses the arguments of the British Public Prosecutor’s Office, which represents the interests of the United States. According to the accusation, there is a risk of leakage because "Assange has shown that he is able to take extraordinary measures to avoid extradition", such as "the years he spent having taken refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London".

In addition, as an argument for not leaving prison, the Prosecutor's Office stresses that the Australian journalist has "means" to flee and specifically mentions the possibility of political asylum that the Mexican Government offered to Assange on Monday. Assange’s defense attorney, Edward Fitzgerald, argued that the words of Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López obrador, have been misunderstood, as he says that Obrador’s offer would only be applied at the end of the whole process and did not open the doors of the London embassy.

The decision by the United States not to extradite Assange has been announced in a statement, with the intention of appealing. The case will therefore still have to be discussed.