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

.ON MAY 20TH the High Court in Greater london concluded that Julian Assange need to be actually granted a hearing on a new charm versus his extradition to United States. Mr Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks as well as an Australian nationwide, has actually been fighting for greater than 13 years to remain in Britain. This newest beauty, in which he is going to contend that America has refrained from doing enough to assure his rights as a defendant, is one of minority legal methods he has actually left behind. If extradited, he will certainly deal with 18 fees of reconnaissance and computer system hacking: with each other they lug a the greatest sentence of 175 years behind bars, though The United States has actually mentioned he is likely to provide merely 4 to 6. Mr Assange's followers phone him a "political prisoner" and mention (without proof) that the situation against him is "set up". What is he declared to possess performed?