News British judge denies US extradition request for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, citing suicide risk January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY Comments Off on British judge denies US extradition request for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, citing suicide risk A British judge ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges because he is a suicide risk.