.ON MAY 20TH the High Judge in London concluded that Julian Assange need to be actually provided a hearing on a brand-new appeal versus his extradition to America. Mr Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks and also an Australian nationwide, has been actually defending more than thirteen years to remain in Britain. This most current charm, through which he will definitely contend that United States has actually refrained enough to ensure his legal rights as an accused, is just one of the few legal methods he has left. If extradited, he is going to deal with 18 fees of espionage and also personal computer hacking: with each other they bring a maximum paragraph of 175 years behind bars, though United States has mentioned he is very likely to provide only 4 to six. Mr Assange's promoters phone him a "political captive" and also state (without proof) that the case against him is "trumped up". What is he alleged to have done?