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Assange Wins First Stage in Effort to Appeal US Extradition

12/10/2021 - File photo dated 11/04/19 of Julian Assange arriving at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. The US Government has won its High Court bid to overturn a judge's decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Issue date: Friday December 10, 2021. (Photo by PA Images/Sipa USA) *** US Rights Only ***

Julian Assange extradition

1/24/2022 – Stella Moris, the partner of Julian Assange, speaks to the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, after the Wikileaks founder won the first stage of his bid to appeal against the decision to extradite him to the United States to the Supreme Court. Picture date: Monday January 24, 2022. (Photo by Kirsty O’Connor/PA/Sipa USA) *** US Rights Only ***

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has won the first stage of his effort to overturn a U.K. ruling that opened the door for his extradition to U.S. to stand trial on espionage charges. The High Court in London gave Assange permission appeal the case to the U.K. Supreme Court.

But the Supreme Court must agree to accept the case before it can move forward.

The decision is the latest step in Assange’s long battle to avoid trial on a series of charges related to WikiLeaks’ publication of classified documents more than a decade ago.