<div class="author-name"></div><div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.commondreams.org/files/article_images/wikileaks-assange-would-face-denial-of-justice.jpg" /></div><p>LONDON  - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be tried behind closed doors in a &quot;flagrant denial of justice&quot; if extradited to Sweden over sex crime allegations, his lawyer told a British court on Monday.</p><p>The 39-year-old Australian appeared at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in southeast London at the start of a two-day hearing.</p><p>Swedish prosecutors want to question the whistleblowing website's chief over allegations of sexual assault and rape made by two women, but Assange claims the moves are politically motivated.</p><p><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/02/07-6">read more</a></p>