Top U.K. court to rule on Assange sex case extradition

Michael Holden
dailystar.com
May 29, 2012

Britain’s Supreme Court will rule on Wednesday on whether to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, the latest chapter in the saga of the self-styled Internet whistleblower and bane of Washington.

Swedish prosecutors want to question Assange over claims of rape and sexual assault made by two female former WikiLeaks volunteers, and he has been fighting a lengthy legal battle against extradition since his arrest in Britain in Dec. 2010.

The Supreme Court will say whether it agrees with his argument that the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) under which his extradition is sought is invalid. Two lower courts have already ruled that he should be extradited.

Read more

This article was posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 7:14 am

Tags: foreign affairs, legislation

---

---

---

---