.ON MAY 20TH the High Judge in Greater london ruled that Julian Assange must be granted a hearing on a brand new appeal versus his extradition to America. Mr Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks and also an Australian nationwide, has actually been defending greater than 13 years to remain in Britain. This most current beauty, through which he will certainly contend that The United States has actually refrained enough to ensure his liberties as an accused, is among the few lawful methods he has left. If extradited, he will certainly face 18 charges of espionage and computer hacking: together they lug a maximum sentence of 175 years behind bars, though United States has actually claimed he is very likely to provide just four to six. Mr Assange's fans phone him a "political captive" and claim (without evidence) that the situation against him is "set up". What is he declared to possess done?