The Supreme Court of Britain rejected the appeal of the founder of WikiLeaks

The appeal of the founder of WikiLeaks was rejected by the Supreme Court of Britain, reports the BBC .
Julian Assange, the founder of the scandalous Internet resource WikiLeaks, is extradited to Sweden, where he is accused of rape and sexual harassment.

Earlier, two lower courts ruled that the founder of WikiLeaks should be given to the Swedish authorities, who issued a warrant for his arrest, theLocal.se notes.

Now, Assange’s defense lawyers have 14 days to evaluate the court decision, during which they must decide whether they have reason to demand a new trial. Legal options for this still remain.
Assange himself, who has been in house arrest in Britain for 540 days, intends to file an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
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In 2010, the WikiLeaks portal published secret Pentagon documents on US military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Washington strongly condemned the actions of the portal. On suspicion of "plum" confidential information was arrested by a soldier of the American Army Bradley Manning. He faces the death penalty - the death penalty. WikiLeaks also published State Department telegrams.

In Sweden, Assange is charged with rape and coercion to sexual abuse, which allegedly took place in Stockholm in August 2010. Assange denies all the accusations of the Swedish side and calls these accusations politically motivated. He had also previously stated that the European arrest warrant was invalid and had no legal force.

via izvestia.ru & bbc.co.uk