• Julian Assange US extradition ruling live: UK court issues ruling

    London court to rule whether WikiLeaks founder can lodge a final appeal

  • UK High Court set to rule on Assange appeal

    London’s High Court is set to hand down its ruling on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be able to appeal against extradition from the United Kingdom to the United States. Dame Victoria Sharp and Justice Johnson are due to give their decision in writing on Tuesday. Assange faces extradition to the US over an […]

  • UK Court Set To Issue Julian Assange Extradition Ruling

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out Tuesday whether he can mount a final UK legal bid to challenge his extradition from Britain to the United States, court listings showed.Assange, 52, is facing trial on espionage charges, and a potentially lengthy jail term, after Wikileaks published classified US documents relating to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.Two senior High Court judges in London last month heard two days of evidence from his lawyers and those for the US government over...

  • Minn. Court Rules Pharmacist Who Denied Contraception Discriminated Against Woman

    The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a pharmacist engaged in sex-based discrimination by refusing to provide emergency contraception to a woman in 2019.

  • Assange can take appeal to new hearing, UK court rules

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been given permission by the High Court in London to take his challenge against extradition to the US to another hearing. The court ruled that Assange could pursue his appeal at a full hearing, unless the US provided “satisfactory assurances” on the questions of whether he was able to rely […]

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    Julian Assange staves off extradition to US for now, UK court rules

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has fended off the threat of immediate extradition to the United States after the High Court in London said the US needed to provide more assurances. US authorities say Assange, 52, put lives at risk by publishing secret military documents and have for years been seeking his extradition on espionage charges. At a two-day hearing last month, Assange sought permission to review the UK’s 2022 approval of his extradition to the US, arguing the case against him was...

  • UK Court To Issue Ruling On Julian Assange Extradition Tuesday Morning

    UK Court To Issue Ruling On Julian Assange Extradition Tuesday Morning On Tuesday London’s High Court will finally rule on the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The court is expected to deliver a decision on if he can appeal his extradition to the United States, where he would face espionage and related charges for publishing state secrets. WikiLeaks has said the written ruling is expected to be delivered by 10:30 am London time (6:30am ET). After this, all his appeal...

  • Minnesota court rules pharmacist discriminated against woman in denying emergency contraception

    By TRISHA AHMED (Associated Press/Report for America) ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a pharmacist who refused to provide emergency contraceptives to a customer because of his personal beliefs engaged in discrimination. The three-judge panel ruled Monday that pharmacist George Badeaux engaged in business discrimination in 2019 when […]

  • Transgender judge seeks leave to intervene in UK court case over legal definition of ‘woman’

    Victoria McCloud wants leave to join litigation in supreme court appeal brought by For Women ScotlandThe UK’s first transgender judge is seeking leave to join the litigation in a crucial supreme court case that could significantly affect legal protections for transgender women, the Guardian has learned.Victoria McCloud, a senior civil judge who became the youngest person appointed as master of the high court in 2010, will make an application to intervene in the supreme court appeal brought by...

  • Julian Assange extradition appeal: what you need to know before the UK high court’s ruling

    WikiLeaks founder to learn on Tuesday if he can appeal against his extradition to the United StatesJulian Assange will learn whether he can fight to stop his extradition to the United States at 9.30pm AEDT (10.30am UK time) on Tuesday when two senior judges of London’s high court hand down their ruling.“This is it,” his wife, Stella Assange, said in a post to X. “DECISION TOMORROW.” Continue reading

  • Supreme Court transfers petitions against IT Rules, 2021 to the Delhi High Court

    The court ordered this transfer of cases based on a transfer petition by the Indian government, urging a consolidation of all the cases against the IT Rules, 2021 to one high court to avoid divergence of opinions.

  • Court halts SEC climate disclosure rule

    A federal court on Friday halted a new federal rule that would require publicly traded companies to reveal climate change-related information. A panel of Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judges issued an order that pauses the rule as litigation against it plays out. The order, from Judges Edith Jones, Stephen Higginson, and Cory Wilson —