US Government’s Appeal to Extradite Julian Assange to Be Heard at High Court

US Government’s Appeal to Extradite Julian Assange to Be Heard at High Court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London on May 19, 2017. Frank Augstein/AP Photo
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The US government’s legal challenge over a judge’s decision not to extradite Julian Assange is to be heard by the High Court.

Assange, 50, is wanted in the US on allegations of a conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.