Julian Assange wins bid to bring appeal against extradition

Supporters of Julian Assange outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, ahead of the latest stage of his US extradition legal battle. Picture: Lucy North/PA

Julian Assange has won a bid to bring an appeal against his extradition to the United States at the High Court.

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