WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied bail in bid to avoid coronavirus
25 March 2020 - 17:22
London — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition from Britain to the US, was denied bail on Wednesday after his lawyers said he should be released because he was highly vulnerable to the coronavirus.
The 48-year-old, who is at Belmarsh Prison in London, is wanted by the US on 18 criminal counts of conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law. He says he could spend decades in prison if convicted...
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