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Assange wins first stage of appeal bid against extradition to the US
Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett and Lord Justice Holroyde agree the Wikileaks publisher can take his case to the Supreme Court
Stella Moris, the partner of Julian Assange, speaks to the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, after the Wikileaks founder won the first stage of his bid to appeal against the decision to extradite him to the United States to the Supreme Court
JULIAN ASSANGE won the first stage of his appeal at the High Court today against the decision to extradite him to the US.
The Wikileaks founder is wanted in the US over allegations of conspiracy to disclose information on the nation’s war crimes and human rights abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He faces prosecution on 18 charges and faces a 175-year sentence.
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