Julian Assange fights extradition
Published:Thursday | March 3, 2011 | 1:04 PM
Lawyers for WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange are fighting his extradition to Sweden to face questioning on sex charges.
Media reports indicate that the lawyers have now filed an appeal against the extradition.
The appeal was submitted to London's High Court on Tuesday, but lawyers do not expect the case to be called up before another two to three months.
On February 24, a judge at the Belmarsh Magistrates' Court ruled that Assange should be extradited from the United Kingdom to Sweden to face allegations of sex crimes.
He says the charges are an attempt to smear him.
The case is not related to the work of Assange's website, which facilitates the publication of secret information.
It made headlines last year for leaking documents and videos related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and thousands of US diplomatic cables.