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A gaunt Assange only able to follow extradition hearing for an hour
Stella Morris outside the High Court in London, after the first day of a hearing for the US government's legal challenge over a judge's decision not to extradite her partner and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

A VISIBLY gaunt Julian Assange was able to follow only an hour of the opening day of his extradition hearing today, as protesters outside the High Court demanded an end to the journalist’s “nightmare.”

The Australian’s legal team opened the two-day legal challenge at the central London court, brought by the United States after a decision not to allow the journalist’s extradition earlier this year.

Protesters gathered outside and chanted support for Mr Assange throughout the hearing.

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