US must promise no death penalty before Assange appeal bid dismissed – UK judges

Supporters of Julian Assange gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London (PA)

The United States must give assurances that Julian Assange will not face the death penalty before judges will consider dismissing the WikiLeaks founder’s bid to bring an extradition appeal, the High Court has ruled.

Assange faces prosecution in the US over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.