The Australian-born driving force behind the controversial secret-spilling website has lost his British High Court appeal and is considering his next move.
Mr Assange, 40, has been fighting a European Arrest Warrant for his return to Sweden to answer allegations of sex offences from August last year.
He and his lawyers have a fortnight to decide whether to try to take his case to the Supreme Court, the final port of call in the British justice system.
Mr Assange's legal team must convince the courts on a point of law of general public importance that his case deserves to be heard in a third and final appeal in Britain's highest court.
Mr Assange tried to sound defiant on the steps of the Royal Courts of Justice but there was a touch of resignation about his demeanour.
"I have not been charged with any crime in any country," he said. more