Judge Grants US More Grounds to Appeal on Assange Extradition

Judge Grants US More Grounds to Appeal on Assange Extradition
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a police van, after he was arrested by British police, in London on April 11, 2019. Henry Nicholls/Reuters
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LONDONA London judge on Wednesday widened the scope of a U.S. appeal against a block on the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from Britain and will hear the renewed bid in late October.

A judge ruled in January that Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges including breaking a spying law, saying his mental health problems meant he would be at risk of suicide.