UK Court Says Assange Can’t Be Extradited on Espionage Charges Until US Rules Out Death Penalty

The judges ruled the U.S. must guarantee that Assange, who is Australian, “is afforded the same First Amendment protections as a United States citizen, and that the death penalty is not imposed.”

WikiLeaks Founder Faces His Last Legal Roll of the Dice in Britain To Avoid US Extradition

Assange has been fighting extradition for more than a decade related to espionage charges over his website’s publication of classified U.S. documents almost 15 years ago.