Julian Assange faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted. In London, the Wikileaks founder is fighting against extradition to the United States.
The imprisoned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is not allowed to go to the highest British court in the legal dispute over his extradition to the USA.
According to the British news agency PA, the Supreme Court in London has rejected the application by Assange’s lawyers – on the grounds that there are insufficient legal grounds for it.
In December, London’s High Court gave the green light for the 50-year-old to be extradited to the United States, after which Assange’s lawyers announced an objection. In January, the High Court cleared the way for such an appeal.
The US judiciary wants to put Assange on trial for allegations of espionage. The native Australian faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted. He is accused of having stolen and published secret material from US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan together with whistleblower Chelsea Manning, thereby endangering the lives of US informants.
His supporters, on the other hand, see him as an investigative journalist who brought war crimes to light and who should now be made an example of. The 50-year-old has been held in Belmarsh high-security prison in London for around three years.
The legal tug-of-war by the British authorities has been dragging on for a long time. In the event of Assange’s final defeat in court, the British Home Office would have to decide whether to extradite him to the United States.
Source: Stern
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