UK judge denies US request to extradite WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange

3:49am PST - January 4th, 2021    julian assange - TechCrunch

A UK district court judge has refused to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US. In a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court this morning, Judge Vanessa Baraitser denied the extradition on grounds that Assange is a suicide risk and extraditio…