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Why Julian Assange's extradition situation is taking as long

.ON MAY 20TH the High Judge in London concluded that Julian Assange need to be provided a hearing on a brand new charm versus his extradition to The United States. Mr Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks and also an Australian national, has been fighting for more than thirteen years to stay in Britain. This most current charm, through which he will argue that United States has refrained from doing enough to ensure his liberties as an offender, is among minority legal opportunities he has left. If extradited, he will certainly face 18 costs of espionage as well as personal computer hacking: all together they bring a maximum sentence of 175 years behind bars, though The United States has actually said he is very likely to provide only 4 to 6. Mr Assange's fans phone him a "political detainee" and claim (without documentation) that the scenario versus him is actually "trumped up". What is he declared to possess done?