Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Denied Final Appeal For Extradition To US
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Washington wants to put the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on trial in connection with the publication of 500,000 secret military files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Julian Assange was on Monday denied permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against moves to extradite him to the United States, where he could face a lifetime in prison.
Washington wants to put the WikiLeaks founder on trial in connection with the publication of 500,000 secret military files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He initially won a reprieve not to send him for trial on the grounds he was a suicide risk if he was kept in solitary confinement at a maximum security US facility.
But lawyers for the US government appealed, and overturned the lower court's decision, leading to further legal challenges.
