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<p>The WikiLeaks founder is one step closer to extradition.</p>

Julian Assange US Extradition Given Green Light by UK Home Secretary

The WikiLeaks founder is one step closer to being extradited on espionage charges.

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<p>Julian Assange is currently fighting extradition to the US.</p>

Julian Assange Extradition Order to US Approved by UK Court

The WikiLeaks founder will have the opportunity to appeal the decision.

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<p>Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, England in 2016. On Thursday, WikiLeaks revealed a second cache of documents allegedly revealing CIA hacking tools aimed at Apple products</p>

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Denied Permission to Appeal Extradition

The UK's Supreme Court says the bid did not "raise an arguable point of law."

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<p>Julian Assange may now appeal.</p>

Julian Assange wins right to seek appeal against extradition to the US

The WikiLeaks founder is granted the right to petition the UK's top court for an opportunity to appeal a decision to have him extradited.

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<p>Julian Assange is currently remanded in custody in the UK.</p>

Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, UK High Court judge rules

The judge overturned a previous decision blocking the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder.

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Julian Assange case: UK lawmakers ask Biden to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder

Pressure is mounting from the UK for the US to rescind its demand for Assange's extradition.

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<p>Julian Assange has won his battle to avoid extradition.</p>

Julian Assange: UK judge blocks US extradition order for WikiLeaks founder

Assange's mental health is too precarious for him to be exposed to the US prison system, a judge in the UK rules.

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<p>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he is driven into Southwark Crown Court in London on May 1, 2019.</p>

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange charged with recruiting and conspiring with hackers

New Justice Department indictment charges the WikiLeaks founder with conspiring with LulzSec and Chelsea Manning to commit computer crimes.

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<p>Chelsea Manning has been ordered released from custody after being jailed for contempt of court.</p>

Former Army analyst Chelsea Manning ordered released from jail

The release is ordered a day after Manning, who refused to testify in a grand jury investigation of Wikileaks, attempted suicide.

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<p>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he's driven out of a London court on May 1, 2019, after being sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012.</p>

Trump offered WikiLeaks' Assange a pardon to cover up Russian hack, lawyer tells court

A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reportedly surfaces the allegation during a London hearing. The White House calls it a "complete fabrication."

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<p>Assange will soon find out whether he'll be extradited to the US.</p>

UK pushes Julian Assange a step closer to extradition to the US

UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid has signed the request from the US Department of Justice.

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<p>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a reopened Swedish rape investigation.</p>

Sweden to reopen a rape case against Julian Assange

Sexual assault allegations are partly what led the WikiLeaks founder to remain inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for nearly seven years.

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