.ON MAY 20TH the High Court in London ruled that Julian Assange should be actually granted a hearing on a brand new charm against his extradition to United States. Mr Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks and also an Australian nationwide, has actually been fighting for greater than 13 years to remain in Britain. This newest beauty, in which he will contend that The United States has actually not done good enough to assure his legal rights as an accused, is one of the few lawful methods he has actually left. If extradited, he will certainly deal with 18 fees of reconnaissance and computer system hacking: with each other they bring a the greatest sentence of 175 years in prison, though The United States has actually stated he is probably to provide simply 4 to 6. Mr Assange's fans call him a "political captive" and also claim (without proof) that the situation versus him is "rigged". What is he declared to possess done?