Julian Assange ‘dangerously close’ to US extradition after losing latest legal appeal

Assange’s father, John Shipton, says his son’s grounds for a further UK hearing are ‘clear, firm and just’

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Julian Assange is “dangerously close” to being extradited to the US after losing his latest legal appeal, his family and observers of his long-running legal challenge say.

His lawyers say they will appeal again to the same court, amid growing fears he could spend the rest of his life in prison for publishing thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents.

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