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End of the road for Julian Assange

Heard/BorrudFebruary 3, 2012

In the UK, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has entered the latest stage in his long battle against extradition to Sweden over rape allegations. This week, he attended a hearing at England's highest court, the Supreme Court.

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Assange has been on bail for over a year now, after he was arrested in London in December 2010. Assange strongly denies allegations that he raped two women in Sweden; however, the Swedish prosecutor issued a wanted notice for him via the European Arrest Warrant System. Catherine Heard is Head of Policy at Fair Trials International, talked to Inside Europe about extradition policy within the EU. We asked her first whether Assange is nearing the end of the road in his battle against extradition.