(4 Jan 2021) A van thought to be carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at London's Central Criminal Court on Monday morning, ahead of a ruling on whether he can be extradited to the United States.
District Judge Vanessa Baraitser will decide whether Assange can be extradited to face espionage charges over WikiLeaks' publication of classified American military documents a decade ago.
This comes after a three-week extradition hearing in the fall.
U.S. prosecutors have indicted Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse – charges carrying a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison.
Lawyers for the 49-year-old Australian argue that he was acting as a journalist and is entitled to First Amendment protections of freedom of speech for publishing leaked documents that exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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