.ON MAY 20TH the High Judge in Greater london ruled that Julian Assange should be actually granted a hearing on a brand new allure against his extradition to America. Mr Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks and also an Australian national, has been fighting for much more than thirteen years to stay in Britain. This latest beauty, through which he will certainly dispute that America has refrained sufficient to guarantee his legal rights as an accused, is one of minority lawful pathways he has actually left. If extradited, he will encounter 18 charges of reconnaissance as well as computer system hacking: with each other they carry a the greatest paragraph of 175 years in prison, though United States has actually stated he is very likely to serve only four to six. Mr Assange's fans contact him a "political prisoner" and also say (without evidence) that the scenario against him is "rigged". What is he declared to possess performed?