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Joe JACKSON

UK Court To Hear Final Assange Appeal Against Extradition To US

Assange's wife Stella has warned her husband would die if sent to the United States (Credit: AFP)

The High Court in London Tuesday will begin hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files.

Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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