Julian Assange wins ruling in his battle against extradition to US

Julian Assange wins ruling in his battle against extradition to US
Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Julian Assange (left) (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

Julian Assange has won the first stage of his bid to appeal against the decision to extradite him to the United States to the Supreme Court.

Assange, 50, is wanted in the US over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

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