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Why Julian Assange's extradition situation is actually taking as long

.ON MAY 20TH the High Judge in London concluded that Julian Assange must be provided a hearing on a brand new allure versus his extradition to United States. Mr Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks and also an Australian national, has actually been actually defending more than thirteen years to continue to be in Britain. This latest charm, in which he will contend that The United States has refrained from doing good enough to ensure his civil liberties as an accused, is one of the few lawful avenues he has left behind. If extradited, he will certainly experience 18 costs of espionage and also computer hacking: together they lug an optimal sentence of 175 years behind bars, though United States has claimed he is actually likely to offer only four to 6. Mr Assange's fans phone him a "political captive" and point out (without documentation) that the case against him is actually "set up". What is he affirmed to have done?