Assange hearing set for July
Julian Assange has another court date. This one’s for a two-day hearing in Britain’s High Court, which will consider Assange’s appeal of the February ruling that paved the way for his extradition to Sweden on sexual assault charges. The BBC reports that Assange is still at the country estate of the journalist Vaughan Smith, to ...
Julian Assange has another court date. This one's for a two-day hearing in Britain's High Court, which will consider Assange's appeal of the February ruling that paved the way for his extradition to Sweden on sexual assault charges. The BBC reports that Assange is still at the country estate of the journalist Vaughan Smith, to which he was released on bail in December. Other than that, he's been laying low -- as has WikiLeaks, which hasn't posted a new State Department cable in nearly two weeks. (They're occasionally cropping up elsewhere, however.)
Julian Assange has another court date. This one’s for a two-day hearing in Britain’s High Court, which will consider Assange’s appeal of the February ruling that paved the way for his extradition to Sweden on sexual assault charges. The BBC reports that Assange is still at the country estate of the journalist Vaughan Smith, to which he was released on bail in December. Other than that, he’s been laying low — as has WikiLeaks, which hasn’t posted a new State Department cable in nearly two weeks. (They’re occasionally cropping up elsewhere, however.)
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