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Why Julian Assange's extradition case is taking as long

.ON MAY 20TH the High Court in Greater london ruled that Julian Assange need to be actually given a hearing on a brand new beauty versus his extradition to America. Mr Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks as well as an Australian nationwide, has actually been actually fighting for more than thirteen years to remain in Britain. This latest appeal, in which he is going to argue that The United States has actually refrained from doing sufficient to assure his civil rights as an accused, is just one of minority legal avenues he has left behind. If extradited, he will face 18 fees of reconnaissance as well as computer hacking: together they bring an optimal paragraph of 175 years in prison, though America has actually stated he is actually probably to provide just 4 to 6. Mr Assange's promoters call him a "political prisoner" as well as point out (without evidence) that the instance against him is actually "rigged". What is he alleged to have done?