U.K. Supreme Court Denies Julian Assange's Request to Re-Open Extradition Case

-- The court reaffirmed its denial of Julian Assange's appeal against his extradition to Sweden to face charges of sexual assault. The court also announced that it had unanimously agreed that extradition proceedings against the Wikileaks founder would not commence for another two weeks.

More from Julian Assange's application to reopen extradition case turned down, published June 14, 2012 by the Guardian newspaper of London:

"In a short statement, issued only two days after Dinah Rose QC submitted a written plea for the case to be reheard, the court declared that her application "is without merit and it is dismissed".

The terse phrasing suggests a degree of judicial disapproval of the extended process and leaves Assange's lawyers with the choice of appealing the decision to the European court of human rights in Strasbourg or agreeing to the extradition requests."

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