Julian Assange to fight extradition in UK appeals court
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange will head to London's High Court on Tuesday to try to reverse an extradition order that would send him to Sweden for questioning about sexual assault allegations.
In February, a district judge ruled that Sweden's extradition request was valid despite arguments from Assange's legal team that, if charged, he would face an unfair trial since press and the public are excluded from portions of sexual assault trials.
Assange, 40, of Australia, has not been charged by Swedish prosecutors, who say they want to question Assange about sexual encounters with two women in Sweden last August. Sweden filed a European Arrest Warrant and Assange voluntarily turned himself into U.K. police on Dec. 7. His attorneys argued at the February hearing that an extradition request should only be filed when a person is charged and not for questioning. But Sweden's legal representative, Clare Montgomery, argued that the country intends to charge him.
