News Summary: Assange bid to reopen case rejected

Published June 21, 2012 9:44pm ET



REJECTED: Britain’s Supreme Court rejected WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange’s bid to reopen his extradition case. The court rejected arguments that Assange’s legal team hadn’t been given the chance to properly cross-examine the evidence that justices relied on to deny his appeal against extradition.

SIGNIFICANCE: That means Assange could be sent to Sweden by the end of the month.

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