WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denies US extradition appeal

 

 

let's move on now to other global stories Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been denied permission to appeal to the uk supreme court against moves to extradite him to the united states where he could face a lifetime in prison according to a supreme court spokesperson the application by Assange was refused because the reason given by him did not raise an arguable point of law and the latest decision appears to exhaust Assange's legal avenues in the uk to avoid a trial in the united states on a series of charges related to Washington and its demand now Washington's wants to put the 50 year old on trial in connection with the publication of 500000 secret military files related to the u.s led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan earlier a British district court judge had rejected a u.s extradition request on the grounds that Assange was likely to kill himself if held under harsh US prison conditions the fate of the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange now lies in the hands of  UK'S   conservative home secretary Preethi Patel who is now set to decide on an extradition request from the United States.