A decision in WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange’s
extradition appeal hearing is not expected for three weeks, as
the court has reserved judgment whether he should be extradited
to Sweden to be questioned for allegedly committing sex crimes.
The postponement came as the hearing wrapped up after being in
session for two days.  Assange’s appeal hearing challenged a
lower court ruling, where a judge decided he should be
extradited to Sweden. The process itself is part of the European
arrest warrant (EAW) system, which is an “adopted framework”
under the European Union that was developed to simplify and
speed up extradition among member states. The allegations of sex
crimes are part of the extradition process but not necessarily
dependent or relevant to whether Assange is eventually
extradited.  The Guardian, in its blow-by-blow documentation of
hearing on its website, reports Clare Montgomery, appearing on
behalf of Swedish authorities, argued “public prosecutors have
long issued arrest warrants that were