LONDON—A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The case will now go to Britain’s interior minister for a decision, though the WikiLeaks founder still has legal avenues of appeal. The order, which brings an end to the years’-long extradition battle closer, comes…
UK Court Denies Assange US Extradition Appeal
Britain’s top court on Monday refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the U.S. to face spying charges. The court said it refused because the case “didn’t raise an arguable point of law”. The decision appears to exhaust Assange’s legal avenues in the U.K. to avoid a…
US Lawyers Says Assange Can Safely Be Extradited; Assange Lawyer Dismisses US Promises
LONDON—Lawyers for the United States launched a fresh attempt on Wednesday to have Julian Assange extradited from Britain, arguing that concerns about the WikiLeaks founder’s mental health should not prevent him from facing U.S. justice; the U.S. government also promised that Assange would not be subjected to harsh prison conditions if he is extradited. The…
US Government’s Appeal to Extradite Julian Assange to Be Heard at High Court
The US government’s legal challenge over a judge’s decision not to extradite Julian Assange is to be heard by the High Court. Assange, 50, is wanted in the US on allegations of a conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan…
Judge Grants US More Grounds to Appeal on Assange Extradition
LONDON—A London judge on Wednesday widened the scope of a U.S. appeal against a block on the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from Britain and will hear the renewed bid in late October. A judge ruled in January that Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges including breaking…
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