Julian Assange: what next?

Whatever the outcome today, this is not the end of the road

On 4 January last year, District Judge Baraitser dismissed a request by the United States for the extradition of the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Sitting at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, the district judge said she was satisfied that Assange’s mental condition was such that it would be “oppressive to extradite him”. Under section 91 of the Extrad…