Britain’s top court this week refused WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange permission to appeal
against a decision to extradite him to the U.S. to
face spying charges.
The court said it refused because the case “didn’t
raise an arguable point of law.”
Assange, 50, has sought for years to avoid a
trial in the U.S. on a series of charges related
to WikiLeaks’ publication of a huge trove of
classified documents more than a decade ago.
The case is now expected to be formally sent
to British Home Secretary Priti Patel, who will
decide whether to grant the extradition.
A British district court judge had initially rejected
a U.S. extradition request on the grounds that
Assange was likely to kill himself if held under
harsh U.S. prison conditions. U.S. authorities later