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The U.S. government's assurances to Britain about how Julian Assange would be treated if extradited to the United States do not avert the risk of suicide, the WikiLeaks founder's lawyers told a London court on Thursday.

Promises by the U.S. government that Julian Assange will not be held under maximum-security prison conditions if he is extradited cannot be trusted because of the Central Intelligence Agency's hostility toward the WikiLeaks founder, his lawyer told British judges Thursday.

US promises that Julian Assange will not be subjected to harsh prison conditions if he is extradited are not enough to address concerns, his lawyer says.

Lawyers pushing to overturn a British verdict to deny the extradition of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange to the US have avoided any men...


LONDON — Lawyers for Julian Assange on Thursday dismissed US assurances about the treatment awaiting the WikiLeaks founder if he is extradited from Britain, as two days of hearings wrapped up in London.Britain's high court said it would issue a ruling at a later date, after Washington appealed against a lower court's decision to block Assange's extradition to face a series of

Lawyers for Julian Assange on Thursday dismissed US assurances about the treatment awaiting the WikiLeaks founder if he is extradited from Britain, as two days of hearings wrapped up in London.

Promises by the U.S. government that Julian Assange will not be held under maximum-security prison conditions if he is extradited cannot be trusted because of the Central Intelligence Agency's hostility toward the WikiLeaks founder, his lawyer told British judges Thursday.


LONDON — Lawyers for Julian Assange on Thursday dismissed US assurances about the treatment awaiting the WikiLeaks founder if he is extradited from Britain, as two days of hearings wrapped up in London.Britain's high court said it would issue a ruling at a later date, after Washington appealed against a lower court's decision to block Assange's extradition to face a series of

The UK judge presiding an appeal hearing filed by the United States on a previous ruling against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Thursday that the High Court will take some time to consider its decision. "You've given us much to think about and we will take…

The Wikileaks co-founder deliberately put himself out of reach by hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy, a judge says.