Julian Assange wins right to pursue extradition fight
Posted on: December 5, 2011
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has won the right to petition the UK Supreme Court in his fight against extradition to Sweden.
He lost a High Court battle last month to be extradited over alleged sex offences, which he denies.
Judges refused Mr Assange permission to appeal directly to the Supreme Court – but said his case raised “a question of general public importance”.
He can now directly ask the Supreme Court to look at his case.
However, Mr Assange, who was at the London court to hear the judges’ ruling, still has no automatic right to be heard by the highest court in the UK.
He was cheered by supporters as he left the Royal Courts of Justice and, alluding to an MPs’ debate later on calls for the renegotiation of extradition rules, he said there were “many aggrieved families in the UK and other countries and in Europe struggling for justice”.
Speaking of his own case, he said: “I think that is the correct decision, and I am thankful. The long struggle for justice for me and others continues.”
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