Members of the media gather outside the rear entrance of Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was scheduled appear on an extradition warrant. Assange surrendered to London police as part of a Swedish sex-crimes investigation, the latest blow to an organisation that faces legal, financial and technological challenges after releasing hundreds of secret US diplomatic cables. Photo: AP
Members of the media gather outside the rear entrance of Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was scheduled appear on an extradition warrant. Assange surrendered to London police as part of a Swedish sex-crimes investigation, the latest blow to an organisation that faces legal, financial and technological challenges after releasing hundreds of secret US diplomatic cables. Photo: AP
Members of the media gather around a demonstrator near Westminster Magistrate's Court, in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was denied bail after appearing on an extradition warrant. A British judge denied Julian Assange bail after the WikiLeaks founder told a London court he would fight efforts to extradite him to Sweden to face a sex-crimes investigation. Photo: AP
Photographers hold cameras to the windows of a prison van believed to be carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as it leaves Westminster Magistrate's court in central London. Assange was refused bail by a British court after he was arrested over allegations of sex crimes in Sweden. Photo: Reuters
Julian Assange's lawyer Mark Stephens is questioned by journalists as he arrives at Westminster Magistrate's court in central London. Assange was refused bail by a British court after he was arrested over allegations of sex crimes in Sweden. Photo: Reuters
Members of the media gather outside the rear entrance of Westminster Magistrate's Court, in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was scheduled appear on an extradition warrant. Assange surrendered to London police as part of a Swedish sex-crimes investigation, the latest blow to an organisation that faces legal, financial and technological challenges after releasing hundreds of secret US diplomatic cables. Photo: AP
Photo illustration shows a figurine of Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks website, in Naples. Assange has been arrested by British police on a European warrant issued by Sweden over allegations of sex crimes including rape. Photo: Reuters
Photographers hold cameras to the window of a prison van believed to be carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as it leaves Westminster Magistrate's Court in central London. Assange was refused bail by a British court after he was arrested over allegations of sex crimes in Sweden. Photo: Reuters
A car believed to carrying whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at City of Westminster Magistrate's Court in London. Assange was refused bail by a British court after he was arrested over allegations of sex crimes in Sweden. Photo: AP
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is driven into Westminster Magistrate's Court in London. Assange was refused bail by a British court after he was arrested over allegations of sex crimes in Sweden. Photo: AP
Members of the media gather outside the rear entrance of Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was scheduled appear on an extradition warrant. Assange surrendered to London police as part of a Swedish sex-crimes investigation, the latest blow to an organisation that faces legal, financial and technological challenges after releasing hundreds of secret US diplomatic cables. Photo: AP
A wanted page for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen on the Interpol Internet website. Assange handed himself in to British police after Sweden issued a warrant for his arrest over allegations of sex crimes. Photo: Reuters
Members of the media gather around a prison van as it leaves the rear entrance of Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was denied bail after appearing on an extradition warrant. Assange surrendered to London police as part of a Swedish sex-crimes investigation, the latest blow to an organisation that faces legal, financial and technological challenges after releasing hundreds of secret US diplomatic cables. Photo: AP
Published Dec 7, 2010
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A British judge denied Julian Assange bail on Tuesday after the WikiLeaks founder told a London court he would fight efforts to extradite him to Sweden to face a sex-crimes investigation. The secret-spilling websites' finances came under increasing pressure as both Visa and Mastercard cut off funding methods, but a WikiLeaks spokesman insisted details from classified US diplomatic cables would keep flowing - regardless of what happened to the group's founder.
Assange appeared Tuesday afternoon at the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London after turning himself in to Scotland Yard earlier in the day. He showed no reaction as Judge Howard Riddle denied him bail and sent him into UK custody.
