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Great Britain High Court Okays Assange Extradition

By Jeralyn, Section Court Decisions
Posted on Wed May 30, 2012 at 12:52:24 PM EST
Tags: wikileaks, Julian Assange (all tags)
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal on extradition to Sweden. The British Supreme Court says he can be extradited to face charges there.

In a 5-2 vote, the British Supreme Court upheld the validity of an arrest warrant made by a Swedish prosecutor to question Assange over accusations by two Swedish women that he sexually assaulted them.

The ruling is here. The Court's press summary is here [More...]

His lawyers have been granted 14 days to seek reconsideration. They will argue that:

[T]he majority of the Court appear to have based their decision on the interpretation of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, on which no argument was heard.

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    Holy Stuff (none / 0) (#1)
    by Slayersrezo on Wed May 30, 2012 at 01:02:36 PM EST
    Well, now I guess we will see if the Swedes hand him over to us. The Swedish government is widely considered to be our servant in quite a few ways.

    If we get him there's at least a chance they'll give him t