The Scandinavian Court of Appeal issued its verdict on the Wikileaks editors' drawn out extradition case on Tuesday. Assange's arrest warrant surfaced in 2010 in the of wake sexual assault allegations leveled at him by two Swedish women. The Australian Wikileaks founder, who strongly denies the allegations, avoided extradition by seeking refuge in London's Ecuadorean Embassy in Knightsbridge. If Assange is deported to Sweden, he will likely face espionage charges in America over his role in publishing sensitive, classified US government documents. Chelsea Manning, a US soldier previously known as Bradley Manning, is currently serving a 35-year prison sentence...
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