Assange’s appeal against extradition rejected

If extradited Assange will face a federal grand jury in the US for 18 counts of charges, 17 of which are under the Espionage Act for a maximum prison sentence of 175 years.

March 15, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on March 14 rejected an appeal against extradition filed by Julian Assange. The appeal was filed last month, after the High Court in London overturned a lower court’s ruling denying the extradition request by the United States.