Julian Assange to hear result of crucial ruling on US extradition

26/3/2024 12:23

        WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out on Tuesday whether the High Court in London will allow him to appeal against his extradition from Britain to the United States or if his British legal challenges have finally come to an end.
        
        U.S. prosecutors are seeking to put Assange on trial on 18 counts relating to WikiLeaks' high-profile release of vast troves of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables, with all bar one coming under the Espionage Act.
        
        They argue the leaks imperilled the lives of their agents and there is no excuse for his criminality.
        
        Assange's many supporters hail him as an anti-establishment hero who is being persecuted, despite being a journalist, for exposing U.S. wrongdoing and committing alleged war crimes.
        
        His legal battles in Britain began in 2010, and he subsequently spent seven years holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London before he was dragged out and jailed in 2019 for breaching bail conditions.