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US granted more grounds to appeal on Assange extradition

by Sylvia Hui
| August 12, 2021 12:09 AM

LONDON (AP) — Britain's High Court on Wednesday granted U.S. authorities permission to expand their grounds for appealing an earlier U.K. court decision to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, where he is wanted on espionage charges.

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