Following a public and lengthy legal battle, WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange faces extradition to the U.S. after the UK government approved the transfer on Friday.
Home secretary Priti Patel approved the UK’s decision on Friday morning. According to the BBC, Assange has 14 days to appeal.
Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2019 for failing to surrender to the court. His asylum was withdrawn by the country, the BBC reported at the time, after Ecuador’s president Lenin Moreno said he repeatedly violated international conventions.
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