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An image of Julian Assange is projected onto a building in Leake Street in central London on Sunday, April 10, 2022, to mark three years since his arrest and detention in Belmarsh prison while the United States continues with legal moves to extradite him. Assange, 50, has been held in the high security prison in southeast London since 2019 on a series of charges related to WikiLeaks’ publication of a huge trove of classified documents more than a decade ago. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

Judge sends Assange extradition decision to U.K. government

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange greets supporters from a balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, May 19, 2017. Britain’s top court on Monday March 14, 2022, refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the U.S. to face spying charges. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Julian Assange denied permission to appeal by U.K.’s top court

By Sylvia Hui and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday May 1, 2019. Britain's High Court is set to rule on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can take his fight against U.S. extradition to the U.K. Supreme Court. The decision is the latest step in Assange's long battle to avoid being sent to the United States to face espionage charges over WikiLeaks' publication of classified documents. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

U.K. court to rule on Assange bid to prevent U.S. extradition

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A view of a banner that Julian Assange supporters fixed to a railing, outside the High Court in London, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) ** FILE **

Assange wins first stage in effort to appeal U.S. extradition

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures as he talks during a news conference in central London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. A British appellate court has opened the door for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States. The High Court overturned a lower court ruling that found Assange's mental health was too fragile to withstand the American criminal justice system. A lower court judge earlier this year refused an American request to extradite Assange to the U.S. to face spying charges over WikiLeaks publication of secret military documents a decade ago. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

U.K. court permits Assange extradition to U.S. on spying charges

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Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hold placards and take part in a march in London, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, ahead of next week's extradition case appeal. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

U.S. set to appeal U.K. refusal to extradite WikiLeaks’ Assange

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday May 19, 2017 file photo, Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Britain’s High Court on Wednesday July 7, 2021, has granted the U.S. government permission to appeal a decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be sent to the United States to face espionage charges. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Ecuador revokes Julian Assange’s citizenship

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In this Friday May 19, 2017 file photo, Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Britain’s High Court on Wednesday July 7, 2021, has granted the U.S. government permission to appeal a decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be sent to the United States to face espionage charges. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

British High Court court allows U.S. to appeal rejection of Julian Assange extradition request

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Stella Moris stands with her children Gabriel, four, left, and Max, two, as she speaks to the media, outside Belmarsh Prison, following a visit to her partner and their father Julian Assange in London, Saturday June 19, 2021. Assange is being detained in Belmarsh prison in London while the US continues an attempt to extradite him under the US's 1917 Espionage Act for "unlawfully obtaining and disclosing classified documents related to the national defence". (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)

Julian Assange’s fiancee pleads for Biden to intervene: WikiLeaks founder suffering in ‘grim’ prison

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday May 1, 2019 file photo, buildings are reflected in the window as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

British MPs petition Biden to drop Julian Assange prosecution

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Demonstrators hold banners outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. A case-management hearing regarding Julian Assange will be heard at the court Wednesday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Edward Snowden rips Kamala Harris over press freedom assertions

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A Julian Assange supporter wears a face mask bearing his name outside the Old Bailey in London, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Julian Assange case: Advocacy groups urge Biden admin to drop charges against WikiLeaks publisher

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this image take from UNTV video, Nayib Armando Bukele, President of El Salvador, speaks in a pre-recorded video message during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. (UNTV via AP)

El Salvador kept paying DC lobbyist after claim he was fired

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, June 15, 2011, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen with his ankle security tag at the house where he is required to stay, near Bungay, England. Judge Vanessa Baraitser has ruled that Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US. because of concerns about his mental health, it was reported on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

No pardons by Donald Trump for Edward Snowden, Julian Assange

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Julian Assange supporters and members of the media queue up outside Westminster Magistrates Court to get a seat at his Bail hearing in London, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. On Monday, Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US. because of concerns about his mental health. Assange had been charged under the US's 1917 Espionage Act for &quot;unlawfully obtaining and disclosing classified documents related to the national defence&quot;. Assange remains in custody, the US. has 14 day to appeal against the ruling. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

WikiLeaks founder Assange denied bail in UK

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press