Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Wikileaks Founder Assange Loses Fight Against Extradition



Assange Loses Fight Against Extradition -- CNN

London (CNN) -- WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange lost a court battle to stay in the United Kingdom Wednesday and will be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over sex charges, a court ruled.

Appeals court judges Lord Justice John Thomas and Justice Duncan Ouseley rejected all four of the arguments Assange's defense team used to fight the extradition.

They will hold another hearing later this month to determine whether he can appeal.

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Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal -- Time/AP
UK court rules WikiLeaks' Assange should be extradited -- Reuters
British High Court rejects Assange extradition appeal -- Washington Post
WikiLeaks Founder Loses Appeal in Extradition Hearing -- Threat Level
WikiLeaks Founder Can Be Extradited to Sweden in Sex Abuse Case -- New York Times
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange loses High Court bid to block extradition to Sweden over sex crime allegations (and appears to have lost his celebrity friends too...) -- Daily Mail
Julian Assange considers next step after losing appeal against extradition -- L.A. Times
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange 'considering next step' after extraditon ruling -- The Telegraph
Julian Assange loses extradition appeal – full judgment -- The Guardian
Julian Assange Loses Appeal Against Extradition But The Saga's Not Over -- Megan Gibson, Time
TIMELINE - WikiLeaks saga -- Reuters

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