Assange faces weeks-long wait over last-ditch extradition appeal
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Julian Paul Assange is an Australian editor, publisher and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to wide international attention in 2010 when WikiLeaks published a series of leaks from US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning: footage of a US airstrike in Baghdad, US military logs from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and US diplomatic cables. Assange has won multiple awards for publishing and journalism.
Judges at the UK's High Court have decided to extend the appeal for the hacker and WikiLeaks founder.
In a pivotal hearing before Britain’s High Court, lawyers for the American government argued that WikiLeaks founder Julian..