Assange to face next stage of extradition legal battle at High Court

Supporters outside the Royal Courts of Justice during the two-day hearing in the extradition case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (PA)

Julian Assange is set to face the next stage of his legal battle over his extradition to the US at the High Court.

The WikiLeaks founder faces prosecution in the US over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information after the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.