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Why Julian Assange's extradition case is actually taking so long

.ON MAY 20TH the High Judge in Greater london concluded that Julian Assange should be actually approved a hearing on a brand-new charm versus his extradition to America. Mr Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks and an Australian nationwide, has actually been actually defending much more than thirteen years to stay in Britain. This most recent appeal, in which he will certainly argue that The United States has refrained from doing enough to promise his civil rights as an accused, is one of minority lawful avenues he has left behind. If extradited, he is going to encounter 18 costs of reconnaissance and also personal computer hacking: together they hold a the greatest paragraph of 175 years in prison, though America has claimed he is probably to serve merely four to 6. Mr Assange's followers call him a "political detainee" and also say (without evidence) that the scenario against him is "rigged". What is he affirmed to possess carried out?