The WikiLeaks' founder has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to avoid being extradited to the United States.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on 11 April 2019.Julian Assange has submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights over his extradition to the US.
Stella Assange, his wife, said she hoped the ECHR would not be needed to consider the case and that it could be resolved in Britain.Mr Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton told Reuters earlier this week that he believed the US authorities would want to avoid the case going before the ECHR, as the European media and public were more sympathetic to his cause than those in the UK or the US.
But that decision was overturned after an appeal by US authorities who gave a package of assurances, including a pledge he could be transferred to Australia to serve any sentence. US prosecutors regard Mr Assange as a reckless enemy of the state whose actions imperilled the lives of agents named in the leaked material.
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