The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has rejected an appeal by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, declaring that he can be on his extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault charges. Assange has been under house in Britain for months since being arrested on an international warrant. Assange has been fighting the warrant on the grounds that the Swedish judge who issued did not have the proper authority, a claim rejected by the British courts.
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Even though Assange has now exhausted all his appeals in the UK courts, his lawyers can ask to have the case re-heard based on points of law that were not discussed during the latest trial. Since he seems intent on avoiding (or at least delaying) the extradition at all cost, Assange may seek to have the entire case re-heard.
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More to come ….
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