UK court delays extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US
Assange faces espionage charges in the U.S. for publishing a trove of classified documents that exposed military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Assange faces espionage charges in the U.S. for publishing a trove of classified documents that exposed military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A High Court in Britain ruled American prosecutors must provide three key assurances about how the case against the WikiLeaks founder will be adjudicated in the U.S.
Ruling gives the US time to give ‘satisfactory assurances’ that WikiLeaks founder will face a fair trial.
A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won't get the death penalty, giving the WikiLeaks founder a partial victory in his long legal battle over the site's publication of classified American documents.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will learn Tuesday if he can mount a likely final UK challenge against extradition to the United States to stand trial for publishing secret military and diplomatic files.