Assange Loses Extradition Fight
Wall Street Journal reports:
A U.K. court ordered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be extradited to Sweden to face questioning about sexual assault allegations, dealing a serious blow to the document-leaking site and its founder.
The decision ensures that Mr. Assange's efforts to build and promote WikiLeaks will be to some degree detoured in coming months by the possibility that he will face criminal sex charges. The allegations against him come as WikiLeaks has gained notoriety with governments around the world because of its release of thousands of classified documents and diplomatic cables.
Sweden has not formally charged Mr. Assange with a crime, but wants to question him over allegations that he raped one woman and molested another during a visit to Stockholm last August. He denies any wrongdoing. Mr. Assange's lawyers have seven days to appeal the U.K. court's decision. They have said they plan to appeal.
The Swedish Prosecutors' Office in Stockholm declined to comment on the decision. "Chief Prosecutor Marianne Ny will not give any interviews about the case while it is being handled by British authorities," said a statement on the Prosecutors' Office website.
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