Legal proceedings The permission of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, to appeal to the Supreme Court was overturned

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Wikileaks leak site founder Julian Assangen permission to appeal the court’s decision to the British Supreme Court has been revoked. The news agency reports this Reuters.

Back in January, Assange was given the opportunity to appeal a decision by the British Court of Appeals that Assange could be extradited to the United States to answer criminal charges against her.

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The United States authorities want Australian-born Assange to face 18 different criminal charges related to U.S. diplomatic messages and secret military documents leaked through Wikileaks, among others. According to the United States, data leaks have endangered lives.

“The Supreme Court has dismissed the application because the application did not raise a contentious legal issue,” a Supreme Court spokesman said.

According to Reuters, the extradition decision will next be ratified by the British Home Secretary. After that, Assange still has the opportunity to challenge the decision in court.