The district judge overseeing the USA’s extradition appeal at the start of the year said that while publishing on Wikileaks the classified military and government documents that Mr Assange released arguably amounted to a crime, including the disclosure of the identities of Iraqis and Afghan citizens who had helped coalition forces, he could not be transferred to the US because he was unwell and could take his own life.
US begins legal appeal to get Julian Assange extradited
