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UK court sets Assange US extradition hearing for February 2020

Demonstrator protests outside of Westminster Magistrates Court, where a case hearing for US extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is held, in London, Britain, June 14, 2019. [Reuters]

The full extradition hearing to decide whether Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be sent to the United States to face accusations including spying charges will take place in February next year, a London court ruled on Friday.

Assange, 47, faces 18 counts in the US including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law. He could spend decades in prison if convicted.

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