Julian Assange has won his bid to appeal his extradition to the United States.
The Australian WikiLeaks founder, 52, was handed the victory by the UK’s High Court on Monday.
Assange was indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse related to his website’s publication of a series of classified US documents almost 15 years ago.
He is facing a maximum 175 years in prison.
More to come.
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