WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost a trial in a London court, which was deciding whether it was in the interests of justice to take legal action against him, because he failed to comply with the terms of his parole in 2012. "Taking into account the factors for and against, I consider that arrest is a proportionate response, although Assange has had his freedom restricted for several years," Judge Emma Arbuthnot said in her ruling at Westminster Magistrates' Court, according to Reuters. She described Assange as a man who "wants to impose his own terms on the path of justice," and that he appears to consider himself above the law and only wants justice if it is in his favor. Arbuthnot added that she did not find his fear of being extradited to the United States by Swedish authorities to be "reasonable". During the verdict, a small group of Assange supporters stood outside the court holding banners reading "Free Assange". Assange fled to the Ecuadorian embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, which wanted him for alleged rape, which he has denied. Sweden dismissed the case in May last year, but the UK is still seeking his extradition for violating his parole. Assange has been in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for more than five years because he fears extradition to the United States, which intends to try him for the publication of confidential military and diplomatic documents, which is considered the biggest leak in American history. During all that time, he did not leave the building of the Ecuadorian embassy, and his lawyers said that it was not in the interest of justice to search for and prosecute him.
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