WikiLeaks founder Assange starts final UK legal battle to avoid extradition to US on spy charges
Julian Assange's lawyers will begin their final U.K. legal challenge on Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges.
The 52-year-old has been fighting extradition for more than a decade, including seven years in self-exile in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and the last five years in a high-security prison.
Assange’s attorneys will ask two High Court judges to block his extradition – though supporters worry he could be put on a plane to the U.S. before that happens.
