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WikiLeaks founder’s final battle to avoid extradition

Updated on: 21 February,2024 07:33 AM IST  |  London
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Assange’s attorneys will ask two High Court judges to grant a new appeal hearing, his last legal roll of the dice in Britain

WikiLeaks founder’s final battle to avoid extradition

Protests in London. Pic/AP

Julian Assange’s lawyers will begin their final UK legal challenge on Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the US to face spying charges. The 52-year-old has been fighting extradition for more than a decade, including seven years in self-exile in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and the last five years in a high-security prison.


Assange’s attorneys will ask two High Court judges to grant a new appeal hearing, his last legal roll of the dice in Britain. If the judges rule against Assange, he can ask the European Court of Human Rights to block his extradition—though supporters worry he could be put on a plane to the US before that happens.


Judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson could deliver a verdict at the end of the two-day hearing on Wednesday, but they’re more likely to take several weeks to consider their decision. Assange supporters plan to protest.


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