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Tuesday, 21 May 2013 3:21 pm
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UK court agrees to extradite Assange to Sweden
LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who rocked the US government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, must be extradited to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations, a British judge ruled on Thursday. Assange's lawyers said immediately they planned to appeal against the decision to London's High Court and it could still be months before the legal process in Britain reaches an end.
The 39-year-old Australian computer expert remains in Britain on bail in the meantime. Swedish prosecutors want to question Assange about allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denies, made by two WikiLeaks volunteers during his time in Sweden last August.
Judge Howard Riddle dismissed Assange's arguments that he could not get a fair trial in Sweden. "I must order Mr Assange be extradited to Sweden," he told London's top-security Belmarsh Magistrates' Court.
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