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Julian Assange espionage case: US to appeal UK judge's decision refusing activist's extradition

In January, a lower court judge refused an American request to extradite Assange on spying charges over WikiLeaks’ publication of secret military documents a decade ago. London: The US government is scheduled to ask Britain’s High Court on Wednesday to overturn a judge’s decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be sent to the United States to face espionage charges. His lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald, said Assange “doesn’t feel able to attend the proceedings.” Assange’s partner, Stella Moris, said outside court that she was “very concerned for Julian’s health. US prosecutors have indicted Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of thousands of leaked military and diplomatic documents.

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