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A London court is expected to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gets one final appeal in England to challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges.
Two judges are scheduled to issue a judgment on Tuesday morning in the High Court that could put an end to Assange’s long legal saga – or extend it further.
If he fails in winning the right to appeal, his legal team fears he could be swiftly sent to the US to face charges, though they are likely to ask the European Court of Human Rights to block any transfer.
Assange, 52, has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of a trove of classified US documents almost 15 years ago.
WikiLeaks’ Assange too ill to attend last-ditch hearing against US extradition
American prosecutors allege that Assange encouraged and helped US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks published.
During a two-day hearing last month, Assange’s lawyers argued that he was a secrecy-busting journalist who exposed US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sending him to the United States, they said, would expose him to a politically motivated prosecution and risk a “flagrant denial of justice”.
The US government said that Assange’s actions went way beyond those of a journalist gathering information and put lives at risk in his bid to solicit, steal and indiscriminately publish classified government documents.
The Australian computer expert has been held in a British high-security prison for the past five years.

Assange’s family and supporters say his physical and mental health have suffered during more than a decade of legal battles, including taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London from 2012 until 2019.
“Julian is a political prisoner and he has to be released,” said Stella Assange, who married the WikiLeaks founder in prison in 2022.
Assange’s lawyers say that he could face 175 years in prison if convicted, though American authorities have said the sentence is likely to be much shorter.


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A protester holds a placard outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London on February 21. A London court will rule on Tuesday whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the US on espionage charges. Photo: AP

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London in 2022. Photo: Reuters

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A giant hoarding in Melbourne calling for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen on September 5, 2023. Photo: AFP 

Julian Assange’s supporters demonstrate at Hyde Park in Sydney on May 24, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden and Britain’s PM Rishi Sunak arrive at a press conference about the Aukus alliance on March 13, 2023. Photo: AP 

A pedestrian walks past a house with a sign in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Sydney, on June 20, 2022. Photo: AP  

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Supporters of Julian Assange demonstrate in Sydney, Australia, in May. Photo: Reuters

A giant billboard in Melbourne on Tuesday calls for the release of WikiLeaks founder, Australian Julian Assange. An Australian delegation is to travel to Washington as part of the campaign to release him. Photo: AFP

Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, and US President Joe Biden in California in March, one of many meetings they have had. Photo: Bloomberg

Buildings are reflected in the window as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from a court hearing in London in 2019. Photo: AP

UK and US sanction Chinese entities for ‘malicious cyber activity’ against British MPs and Pentagon contractors

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Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron at Government House for the annual Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN), in Adelaide, Australia on Friday. Photo: AAP Image via Reuters

Britain’s Home Secretary James Cleverly arrives at Downing Street in London on December 19, 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE

Israel snubs US, says its military firm on ground invasion of Gaza’s Rafah

Smoke billows after Israeli bombardment of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 21. Photo: AFP

Displaced Palestinians shelter in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters

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Julian Assange has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of classified US documents
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder argue that he was a secrecy-busting journalist who exposed US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan


Julian Assange has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of classified US documents 15 years ago.


UK court to rule on whether WikiLeaks’ Assange can challenge extradition to US

Julian Assange has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of classified US documents Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder argue that he was a secrecy-busting journalist who exposed US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan

Julian Assange has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of classified US documents

Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder argue that he was a secrecy-busting journalist who exposed US military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan