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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jess Glass

Julian Assange takes step towards challenging extradition at Supreme Court

PA Wire

Julian Assange has won the first stage of his Supreme Court appeal bid against a decision to allow his extradition to the United States.

Assange, 50, is wanted in the US over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

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