Julian Assange loses extradition appeal
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has lost his Supreme Court fight against extradition to Sweden to face accusations of sex offences.
The judgement was reached by a majority of five to two, the court’s president, Lord Phillips, told the hearing.
Mr Assange’s lawyers had asked the UK’s highest court to block his removal, arguing that a European arrest warrant issued against him was “invalid”.
But the court ruled the extradition request had been “lawfully made”.
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