Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority wanted for prosecution." Judge Riddle concluded: "I am satisfied that the specified offences are extradition offences." Assange commented after the decision to extradite him, saying "It comes as no surprise but is nevertheless wrong. It comes as the result of a European arrest warrant system run amok." On 2 March 2011, Assange's lawyers lodged an appeal with the High Court challenging the decision to extradite him to Sweden. Assange remained on conditional bail. The appeal hearing took place on 12 and 13 July 2011 at the High Court in London. The judges' decision was reserved, and a written judgment was
James Ball (journalist) graduated from City in 2008 with a diploma in magazine journalism with a focus on investigative journalism. After leaving university and whilst working for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism on iraqwarlogs.com, Ball was approached in November 2010 by Julian Assange and invited to work as the in-house journalist for WikiLeaks in the UK where he began working on the Iraq War documents leak. He described his days there as "long and erratic", complicated when a European Arrest Warrant was issued for Assange which lead to extradition proceedings known as the Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority. Ball later expressed criticism of