US Government wins latest round in appeal over Julian Assange extradition

The WikiLeaks founder appeared at the hearing by video-link from Belmarsh Prison

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Julian Assange appearing by video link at the High Court in London. Picture: PA

The United States Government has won the latest round in its UK High Court bid to appeal against the decision not to extradite Julian Assange on espionage charges.

Assange, 50, is wanted in America on allegations of a conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.