Live: Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange given appeal ruling at London High Court
Watch live from outside Londons High Court on Tuesday 26 March as the court is expected to hand down its ruling on whether Julian Assange will be able to appeal against extradition from Britain to the United States. The WikiLeaks founder faces extradition over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. In a January 2021 ruling, thendistrict judge Vanessa Baraitser said that Mr Assange should not be sent to America, citing a real and oppressive risk of suicide, while ruling against him on all other issues. But later that year, US authorities won their High Court bid to overturn this block, paving the way towards his extradition. During a twoday hearing in February, lawyers for the 52yearold asked for the goahead to challenge the original judges dismissal of other parts of his case to prevent his extradition. Dame Victoria Sh
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