US authorities win their latest bid to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the UK, as senior judges overturn an earlier ruling
The 50-year-old Australian has been charged in the US under the Espionage Act for his role in publishing classified military and diplomatic cables.
"Ecuador revokes citizenship of WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeThe senior judges hearing the appeal were satisfied that these assurances met the concerns which led the judge to reach her decision in January, court documents said Friday.The judges ordered that the case should now be returned to Westminster Magistrates' Court, with a direction that a district judge send the case to the UK Home Secretary, who will decide whether Assange should be extradited to the US.
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