Full US extradition hearing for WikiLeaks' Assange will take place in February 2020 – UK court

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is to face a new, full US extradition hearing in February that is expected to last five days, a court at Westminster magistrates, in London, has heard.

The hearing date was set after British Home Secretary Sajid Javid revealed on Thursday that he had signed and certified the US extradition order papers.

The US justice department has filed 18 charges against the 47-year-old Australian journalist, including one count of conspiring with Chelsea Manning, the former intelligence analyst and whistleblower, to gain access to the US Pentagon network.

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UK should be ashamed of themselves for allowing it in the first place, when they stuck up for Gary Mckinnon.