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

.ON MAY 20TH the High Judge in London ruled that Julian Assange should be actually provided a hearing on a brand-new allure against his extradition to America. Mr Assange, the 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 beauty, in which he will certainly argue that America has refrained enough to promise his civil rights as an accused, is one of minority lawful avenues he has actually left. If extradited, he will definitely experience 18 fees of reconnaissance as well as computer hacking: together they bring a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison, though The United States has actually claimed he is actually very likely to offer merely four to 6. Mr Assange's promoters phone him a "political prisoner" as well as say (without evidence) that the scenario against him is actually "set up". What is he alleged to possess performed?