Decision to extradite Julian Assange is ‘illegal’

The decision to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US is illegal because he is accused of ‘political offences,’ the High Court heard. Assange is accused by the US government of conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to leak classified military documents online between January and May 2010. The Australian is seeking permission to appeal a 2021 decision by a UK court to approve his extradition to the US, where he faces charges under the country’s 1917 Espionage…