UK High Court Delivers Judgment On Julian Assange's Extradition Appeal

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 26: Supporters of Julian Assange gather at the Royal Courts of Justice on March 26, 2024 in London, England. The decision follows two days of hearings on 20 and 21 February 2024, during which a panel of two high court judges considered Assange's final application to appeal against the extradition order approved by then-Home Secretary Priti Patel in June 2022. The WikiLeaks founder is facing life imprisonment in the US for publishing thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents in 2010, which were provided by US army whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Between 2012 and 2019, Assange received asylum with Ecuador at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on the grounds of political persecution. Since 2019, he has been held at London's Belmarsh Prison as the US extradition case has proceeded. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images)