Julian Assange, co-founded Wikileaks, has appealed the decision of the British courts to extradite him to Sweden, where he is suspected of rape and sexual assault. After three days of hearings and several weeks of deliberation, a London court had sided with the Swedish court, which demanded the extradition of Mr.
Assange. The co-founder of Wikileaks, under house arrest in Britain, objected to his extradition and announced he would appeal the British decision, holding that the conditions of a fair trial were not met, and that Sweden was acting under pressure from the United States. Wikileaks has angered U.S.
authorities after the publication of several tens of thousands of reports that American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, and by providing several newspapers, including Tech Buzz News, U.S. diplomatic telegrams that a game has been published on the site. After leaving the U.S., Mr Assange, who is an Australian citizen, had taken refuge in Sweden, thought to be protected by Swedish law on journalistic sources.
During his stay he had sex with two women who claim they were forced to have sex without condoms, which is disputed by Mr Assange. At the hearing, counsel for the co-founder of Wikileaks had argued that extradition was not warranted and that the Swedish prosecutor had not attempted to question Mr.
Assange when he was still in the country. But one of his lawyers had to acknowledge that the prosecutor's office had indeed contacted him to arrange an interview. Julian Assange supports the view that extradition to Sweden would be a first step before extradition to the United States, where Mr.
Assange has not been indicted. British law is much more permissive with regard to extraditions to the United States, a preferred convention, already challenged in the record Gary McKinnon, said the "UFO hacker", linking the two countries. 
Assange. The co-founder of Wikileaks, under house arrest in Britain, objected to his extradition and announced he would appeal the British decision, holding that the conditions of a fair trial were not met, and that Sweden was acting under pressure from the United States. Wikileaks has angered U.S.
authorities after the publication of several tens of thousands of reports that American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, and by providing several newspapers, including Tech Buzz News, U.S. diplomatic telegrams that a game has been published on the site. After leaving the U.S., Mr Assange, who is an Australian citizen, had taken refuge in Sweden, thought to be protected by Swedish law on journalistic sources.
During his stay he had sex with two women who claim they were forced to have sex without condoms, which is disputed by Mr Assange. At the hearing, counsel for the co-founder of Wikileaks had argued that extradition was not warranted and that the Swedish prosecutor had not attempted to question Mr.
Assange when he was still in the country. But one of his lawyers had to acknowledge that the prosecutor's office had indeed contacted him to arrange an interview. Julian Assange supports the view that extradition to Sweden would be a first step before extradition to the United States, where Mr.
Assange has not been indicted. British law is much more permissive with regard to extraditions to the United States, a preferred convention, already challenged in the record Gary McKinnon, said the "UFO hacker", linking the two countries.
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