The United States will detail all the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange when it seeks his extradition in a London court on Friday, the editor of the whistleblowers\u2019 website said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 47-year-old Australian is not expected to attend Friday\u2019s hearing but could take part from prison via video link, although it will be largely procedural.The \u201cfirst real confrontation of arguments\u201d in court will not be for several weeks or months, Hrafnsson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US has accused Assange of violating the US Espionage Act by publishing military and diplomatic files in 2010.The 18 charges against Assange reject his claim he was simply a publisher receiving leaked material which would be protected under press freedom legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the run from extradition to Sweden on accusations of sexual assault, Assange lived inside Ecuador\u2019s embassy to London for seven years after being granted asylum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was arrested by British police in April after Ecuador finally withdrew his asylum and is now serving a 50-week prison sentence for violating his bail conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hrafnsson said the charges were \u201cvery revealing about the nature of this entire case\u201d.He said the Espionage Act was part of an \u201carchaic legal framework and has never been used against a publisher and a journalist\u201d.\u201cIt\u2019s an indication of the watershed moment that we are now seeing in the attack on journalism,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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