Julian Assange US extradition updates: UK High Court allows appeal

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• The United Kingdom’s High Court decides to permit WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appeal against a UK court ruling approving his extradition to the United States to face trial on espionage charges.
• The court in March asked the US government to provide assurances that Assange would be given a fair trial and not face the death penalty if extradited to face charges over the release of confidential military and diplomatic files by WikiLeaks in 2010.
• The Australian citizen faces 18 charges in the US, all under the 1917 Espionage Act except one. His supporters maintain the prosecution is an attempt to punish him because he helped expose wrongdoing by US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.