A U.K. court delays extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S.
He spent seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy and five years in prison, both in London. U.S. prosecutors want his next move to be to the U.S. But the High Court has delayed that.
Updated March 26, 2024 at 12:06 PM ET
LONDON — Julian Assange won't be heading to the United States — at least not immediately.
In a partial victory for the WikiLeaks founder, London's High Court on Tuesday delayed his extradition to the U.S., where he faces espionage charges for one of the biggest national security leaks in American history.
Assange's lawyers had asked the court to grant him one last appeal against his extradition.
The two-judge panel delayed a ruling on that. Instead, it gave the U.S. government three weeks to send assurances that Assange would get a fair trial and that he would not receive the death penalty if convicted. Otherwise, the judges
