District Judge Vanessa Baraitser denied extradition on health grounds, saying Assange was likely to

Britain’s top court has refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the US to face spying charges.A Supreme Court spokesperson said that senior judges had refused Assange’s bid to challenge the decision as his case did not raise “ an arguable point of law ”....

Julian Assange has won the first stage of his Supreme Court appeal bid against a decision to allow his extradition to the United States. Assange, 50, is wanted in the US over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.In December last year, US authorities won their High Court challenge to overturn a judge’s earlier ruling that Assange should not b

LONDON( AP)--A British appellate court opened the door Friday for Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States by overturning a lower court ruling that found the WikiLeaks founder's mental health was too fragile to withstand the American criminal justice system.... The home secretary, who oversees law enforcement in the U.K., will make the final decision on whether to extradite Assange.... A lower court judge earlier this year refused an American request to extradite Assange to the U.S

No date has been set.In January, a lower court judge refused an American request to send Assange to the U.S.to face spying charges over WikiLeaks’ publication of secret military documents a decade ago.... Sweden dropped the sex crimes investigations in November 2019 because so much time had elapsed.U.S. prosecutors have indicted Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of thousands of leaked military and diplomatic documents.... Sign up toda

‘Barrier to extradition’ James Lewis QC, for the US government, said the lower court had been mistaken for viewing Mr Assange’s “ intellectual ability ” to overcome suicide prevention measures in an American jail as a “ trump card ”.... The hearing before the Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett and Lord Justice Holroyde is expected to end on Thursday, with a decision at a later date....

Julian and the kids will never get this time back.... This shouldn’t be happening," she added. Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder denied bail by UK court due to continued concerns he could abscond What is WikiLeaks?... Why does the US want to extradite him?...

Labour MP Richard Burgon is due to hand in a letter at Belmarsh prison about the ongoing refusal to allow a meeting with Mr Assange.... The Labour MP will hand in a cross-party letter to UK's high-security Belmarsh prison on Tuesday, June 29.... " A cross-party group of parliamentarians first requested an online meeting in December 2020....

Stella Moris of Free Assange Now and Mr Assange's fiancee, tweeted:" There is a# COVID outbreak at Belmarsh prison.... " The house block that Julian is in has been classed as an outbreak area." There is a lockdown.... No association is permitted between prisoners....

LONDON: The United States urged two senior British judges on Wednesday to clear the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and reject a lower court’s ruling that he is a suicide risk. Washington also assured the High Court in London that it would not hold the Australian in isolation in a US “ supermax ” prison, as it sought to sideline several factors cited in the previous decision blocking his extradition. The US government wants to place Assange on trial for espionage on charges that