Assange Extradition: UK Court Rules in Favor of US | DW News

Dec 10, 2021 • The US government has won its appeal against a court decision that halted the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The case will now go back to the Westminster Magistrates Court , where the matter will be heard again. Assange can still request permission for a final ruling on Friday's verdict from the UK's Supreme Court. The 50-year-old has been in custody since April 2019, when he was sentenced to 50 weeks behind bars. He was ordered to remain in custody pending the outcome of the High Court's decision over concerns he would abscond. Before the sentence, he was hauled out of the Ecuadorian Embassy by British authorities after his citizenship was revoked. Assange's fiancée, Stella Moris, said their legal team would appeal "at the earliest possible moment," while saying it was a "grave miscarriage of justice." Before proceedings Moris expressed hope that he would be home for Christmas in a post on Twitter. "I hope the High Court will bring this abusive and vindictive extradition to an end today so that that our children will be able to spend Christmas with their father." DW spoke to the UNHCR Special Rapporteur Nils Melzer, who is monitoring Assange's case very closely.