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Fresh hope for Julian Assange in battle against extradition to the US

Source: PA Wire

Julian Assange was on Tuesday given fresh hope in his battle against extradition to the United States, after UK judges blocked his immediate transfer for trial on hacking and espionage charges.

The Wikileaks founder, 52, has spent more than 13 years seeking to avoid a trial in the US over the mass leak of confidential military records.

In 2010 and 2011, Assange orchestrated the publication of information about the Iraq and Afghan wars as well as detainees

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