12/10/2021 - File photo dated 11/04/19 of Julian Assange arriving at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. The US Government has won its High Court bid to overturn a judge's decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Issue date: Friday December 10, 2021. (Photo by PA Images/Sipa USA) *** US Rights Only ***
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U.S wins appeal to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the UK. (Photo by Thomas Krych / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s top court has 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 Monday it refused because the case “didn’t raise an arguable point of law.”
Assange has sought for years to avoid a trial in the U.S. on a series of charges related to WikiLeaks’ publication of a huge trove of classified documents more than a decade ago.
A British district court judge had initially rejected a U.S. extradition request on the grounds that Assange was likely to kill himself if held under harsh U.S. prison conditions. In December the High Court overturned that decision after U.S. authorities provided assurances that Assange would be treated humanely.
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