LONDON, June 14, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – A British judge on Friday scheduled a
full extradition hearing to begin in February next year for WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange, who is wanted in the United States on espionage charges.
Assange, 47, is accused of violating the Espionage Act by releasing a vast
trove of classified military and diplomatic files in 2010 about US bombing
campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.
He is currently serving a 50-week prison sentence for violating British
bail conditions in 2012.