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Why Julian Assange's extradition situation is actually taking such a long time

.ON MAY 20TH the High Court in London ruled that Julian Assange should be approved a hearing on a new charm against his extradition to America. Mr Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks as well as an Australian nationwide, has actually been actually fighting for more than 13 years to continue to be in Britain. This latest allure, in which he will certainly contend that The United States has refrained from doing sufficient to promise his rights as an offender, is just one of the few lawful opportunities he has actually left. If extradited, he will deal with 18 fees of reconnaissance and computer hacking: with each other they bring a the greatest paragraph of 175 years behind bars, though America has actually stated he is most likely to offer only 4 to 6. Mr Assange's advocates call him a "political captive" and also claim (without evidence) that the scenario against him is actually "rigged". What is he affirmed to have carried out?