Assange to face next stage of extradition legal battle at High Court
Monday’s short hearing could be the WikiLeaks founder’s final UK bid for an appeal against extradition.
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Julian Assange is set to face the next stage of his legal battle over his extradition to the US at the High Court.
The WikiLeaks founder faces prosecution in the US over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information after the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
During a two-day hearing in February, lawyers for the 52-year-old asked for the go-ahead to challenge a judge’s dismissal of the majority of his case to prevent his extradition.
