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Julian Assange (archive image): "No contentious legal issues"
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The UK Supreme Court will not hear Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's appeal in his extradition proceedings to the US.
On Monday, the court denied the request, saying Assange's request "raised no legal issues".
According to WikiLeaks, the case now goes to Home Secretary Priti Patel.
However, Assange's legal team said it could seek another appeal based on other aspects of the case.
"Of course, this separate appeal process still has to be initiated," the law firm Birnberg Peirce said.
In the USA, the Wikileaks founder, who is imprisoned in Great Britain, faces a long prison sentence on charges of espionage, among other things.
A British court banned his extradition about a year ago, citing a high risk of suicide.
However, the United States had challenged the verdict and was upheld by the British High Court.
In late January, however, the High Court gave the Australian the opportunity to appeal to the Supreme Court.
However, the Supreme Court has now rejected this.
In the United States, the 50-year-old has been charged with espionage and the publication of secret documents on the WikiLeaks disclosure platform about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The papers contained explosive information about US operations in these countries, including the killing of civilians and the mistreatment of prisoners.
Assange and his supporters have repeatedly criticized the trials as politically motivated.
Assange's fiancée Stella Moris, with whom he has two children, announced over the weekend that the couple will marry on March 23.
British authorities have given the pair permission to exchange vows at Belmarsh Prison in London.
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