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Assange loses permission to appeal at UK's top court against extradition

The court said it refused because the case didn't raise an arguable point of law

Julian Assange wins right to appeal extradition in UK Supreme Court

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange was on Monday granted permission from the Supreme Court to appeal against his extradition order to the US.

UK High Court to rule on Julian Assange bid to prevent US extradition

Britain's High Court is set to rule Monday on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can take his fight against US extradition to the UK Supreme Court. The decision is the latest step in Assange's long battle to avoid being sent to the United States to face espionage charges over WikiLeaks' publication of classified documents more than a decade ago. Just over a year ago, a district court judge in London rejected a US extradition request on the grounds that Assange was likely to kill himself if held under harsh US prison conditions. US authorities later provided assurances that the WikiLeaks founder would not face the severely restrictive conditions that his lawyers said would put his physical and mental health at risk. Last month the High Court overturned the lower court's decision. High Court justices Ian Burnett and Timothy Holroyd said the American promises were enough to guarantee Assange would be treated humanely. They said the US promises were solemn undertakings, offered

UK High Court grants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the US to face espionage charges, the Royal Courts of Justice ruled here on Friday as the body overturned a lower court ruling earlier this year.

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange given permission to marry partner in prison

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted permission to marry his partner, Stella Moris, in prison, British authorities say

US authorities granted more grounds to appeal on Julian Assange extradition

Britain's High Court on Wednesday granted US authorities permission to expand their grounds for appealing an earlier UK court decision to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

UK court denies bail to Julian Assange in US extradition case: Report

He will remain in London's high-security Belmarsh prison, where he's been for nearly two years

Unlikely to be free anytime soon, Assange's fight for freedom far from over

This "is not the end of the story," said Jasvinder Nakhwal, an extradition lawyer at Peters & Peters in London who wasn't involved in Assange's hearing

Julian Assange extradition blocked as UK judge cites health concerns

US attorneys will appeal London ruling

UK judge refuses extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said Monday Assange was likely to commit suicide if sent to the US

UK judge to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Assange can be extradited to US

UK district judge Baraitser will deliver on Monday her verdict on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States, where he could face up to 175 years in jail

Wikileaks founder to hear judge's verdict on US extradition on Jan 4

By the time the decision is announced, the U.S. may be about to be under new management, should Joe Biden defeat President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election

Wikileaks founder may end up in Colorado Supermax jail, UK court told

Assange's defense team says he is entitled to First Amendment protections for the publication of leaked documents that exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan

Julian Assange a suicide risk if extradited to the US, says expert

Assange's defense team argues that he is a journalist and entitled to First Amendment protections for publishing leaked documents that exposed US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan

Julian Assange lawyer says Trump offered indirect offer of pardon

A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told a London court that her client was indirectly offered a win-win deal by President Donald Trump

American lawyer says Assange charged under broad, contentious US law

An American constitutional law expert said Thursday that the United States indicted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under an extraordinarily broad spying law that has been used in the past for politically motivated prosecutions. Speaking during Assange's extradition hearing in London, human rights lawyer Carey Shenkman called the century-old Espionage Act one of the most contentious laws in the United States. Shenkman, who co-wrote a book on the history of the act, testified as a witness for Assange, 49, who is fighting his extradition from the UK to the US. US prosecutors indicted Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks' publication of secret American military documents a decade ago. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison. Assange's defense team argues that he is a journalist and entitled to First Amendment protections for publishing leaked documents that exposed US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan. His law

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to fight US extradition bid in UK court

Assange attorney Jennifer Robinson said the case is fundamentally about basic human rights and freedom of speech

Assange risked intelligence sources by publishing classified docs: US

Assange spent much of the past decade holed up in Ecuador's London embassy to avoid separate legal proceedings in Sweden, but Washington is now seeking his transfer from Britain to stand trial

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in UK court fighting extradition to US

Assange refrained from making political statements

Doctors fear Assange 'could die' in UK prison, say he needs hospital care

He also appeared confused whenever he was asked to talk at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London.