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Why Julian Assange's extradition situation is taking such a long time

.ON MAY 20TH the High Court in Greater london concluded that Julian Assange should be actually given a hearing on a brand new allure versus his extradition to America. Mr Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks as well as an Australian nationwide, has actually been fighting for more than 13 years to stay in Britain. This most up-to-date appeal, through which he is going to dispute that The United States has actually refrained sufficient to promise his civil liberties as an offender, is among the few lawful opportunities he has left. If extradited, he will definitely deal with 18 costs of reconnaissance as well as computer hacking: all together they lug a the greatest paragraph of 175 years in prison, though United States has actually stated he is actually probably to provide merely 4 to six. Mr Assange's proponents call him a "political captive" and say (without proof) that the scenario against him is "trumped up". What is he declared to possess done?