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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

US provides assurances to prevent Julian Assange appeal against extradition

Supporters of Julian Assange protest in front of Westminster magistrates court.
Supporters of Julian Assange protest in front of Westminster magistrates court. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images

The US has provided assurances to the high court in London in an attempt to prevent a last-ditch appeal by Julian Assange against extradition, but the WikiLeaks founder’s wife has dismissed them as “weasel words”.

Last month, two judges deferred a decision on whether Assange, who is trying to avoid being prosecuted in the US on espionage charges relating to the publication of thousands of classified and diplomatic documents, could take his case to an appeal hearing.

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