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High Court Denies Assange Right to Appeal Putting Him Perilously Close to Extradition

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Consortium News

By Joe Lauria

June 8, 2023

A single judge on the High Court of England and Wales has rejected imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange’s nearly year-old request to appeal the British decision to extradite him to the United States to stand trial on espionage and computer intrusion charges. 

Assange’s legal team has one last recourse in the U.K. and has five days to request a hearing before the court. 

Stella Assange, Assange’s wife, issued this statement on Thursday:

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