Assange ordered to court for extradition hearing

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Last Updated : Oct 11 2019 | 7:55 PM IST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was ordered Friday to make his first in-person London court appearance to determine whether he can be released from prison as he fights extradition to the United States.

The 48-year-old Australian has been in custody at the high-security Belmarsh prison in southwest London since being dramatically dragged from Ecuador's embassy in April.

He could be sentenced to spend up to 175 years in a US prison if convicted on all charges filed under the US Espionage Act. London's Westminster Magistrates' Court judge Tan Ikram ordered

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First Published: Oct 11 2019 | 7:55 PM IST

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