WikiLeaks' Assange denied bail by London court over risk he might abscond again


  • World
  • Wednesday, 06 Jan 2021

FILE PHOTO: People celebrate after a judge ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States, outside the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court, in London, Britain, January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was denied bail on Wednesday by a British judge who said he might flee justice while the United States tries again to secure his extradition, a decade after he enraged Washington by publishing troves of secret documents.

Assange had asked to be freed on bail after the judge ruled on Monday that he should not be extradited because he would be at risk of suicide.

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