(CNN) – A London Supreme Court judge has refused permission for Julian Assange to appeal an extradition order to send him to the US, where he faces numerous espionage charges.
In a ruling dated June 6, 2023, seen by CNN, a judge said that Assange’s request for leave to appeal had been denied on the grounds that “none of the four grounds of appeal properly raise points of contention.”
On June 17, 2022, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder to the US.
In a separate ruling, Supreme Court Justice also denied Assange permission to appeal and challenge the dismissal of other parts of his case, while District Judge Vanessa Baraitser issued a ruling in January 2021. After considering eight proposed grounds of appeal, the judge argued that he did not consider the proposed remedies “a duly contested case.”
Julian Assange’s wife, Stella Moris, announced on social media that her husband’s legal team will file a new appeal with the Supreme Court on June 13.
“The matter is pending a public hearing before two new Supreme Court Justices and we remain optimistic that we will prevail and that Julian will not be extradited to the United States where he will face charges that could result in his being… spend the rest of his life in a maximum security prison for publishing true information exposing war crimes committed by the United States government.”
The Wikileaks founder has been held in London’s Belmarsh prison at the Ecuadorian embassy in London since his arrest in April 2019.