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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 need to be given a hearing on a brand-new charm versus his extradition to America. Mr Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks as well as an Australian nationwide, has been actually defending greater than 13 years to continue to be in Britain. This latest beauty, in which he will certainly contend that United States has actually not done enough to assure his rights as an accused, is just one of the few legal pathways he has left. If extradited, he is going to face 18 fees of espionage as well as computer hacking: together they lug a the greatest paragraph of 175 years in prison, though United States has actually mentioned he is likely to provide only four to 6. Mr Assange's fans contact him a "political prisoner" and also state (without proof) that the situation against him is actually "trumped up". What is he declared to have carried out?