UK court agrees on Assange extradition

A British court has agreed to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden where he is accused of sex crimes, dismissing claims such a move would breach his human rights.
However, the WikiLeaks founder will appeal against the decision, his lawyer said. He has seven days to appeal against the ruling.
"We will be appealing," his main lawyer Geoffrey Robertson told Belmarsh Magistrates Court in southeast London after judge Howard Riddle handed down his ruling.
Swedish prosecutors want to question Assange about allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denies, made by two WikiLeaks volunteers during his time in Sweden last August.
During three days of legal argument earlier this month, lawyers for Assange argued he would not get a fair trial in Sweden and said Swedish prosecutors had mishandled the case against the 39-year-old Australian computer expert.
They argued that he might wind up being sent to the United States where he could face execution.
However, Judge Howard Riddle dismissed the arguments.