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Why Julian Assange's extradition case is taking as long

.ON MAY 20TH the High Court in London ruled that Julian Assange need to be actually given a hearing on a new allure against his extradition to United States. Mr Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks as well as an Australian nationwide, has been actually fighting for greater than 13 years to stay in Britain. This most current beauty, in which he will certainly dispute that America has actually not done sufficient to ensure his liberties as a defendant, is among the few lawful pathways he has actually left behind. If extradited, he will definitely experience 18 fees of espionage and also computer system hacking: with each other they bring a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison, though The United States has actually said he is actually most likely to offer simply 4 to 6. Mr Assange's proponents contact him a "political detainee" and also claim (without evidence) that the situation against him is "trumped up". What is he affirmed to have carried out?