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Julian Assange supporters rally outside the Royal Court of Justice in London, UK on day two of the hearing. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was absent from court due to illness on Tuesday 20 February, as his lawyers launched a likely last bid to appeal against his extradition to the United States to face espionage charges. IMAGES
Stella Assange, wife of Julian Assange, and his supporters march to 10 Downing Street in London to call for his release after a British High Court heard a last-ditch bid by the jailed WikiLeaks founder to appeal his extradition to the US to face espionage charges. Washington indicted Assange multiple times between 2018 and 2020 over WikiLeaks's publication of hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic files on the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. IMAGES
Supporters of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gather outside a British High Court on the last day of two-day hearing for the Wikileaks founder's final appeal against extradition to the United States, many of them costumed in fancy dress. Washington indicted Assange multiple times between 2018 and 2020 over WikiLeaks's publication of hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic files on the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. IMAGES
"We want to defend those civil liberties, we want to defend press freedom, and we want to see the freedom of Julian Assange. Free Julian Assange!" says Tim Dawson, the Deputy General Secretary of the Interantional Federation of Journalists (IFJ), addressing Assange supporters outside court on day two of the WikiLeaks founder's hearing. SOUNDBITE
Assange supporters gather outside the High Court in London, as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is given permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the United States. IMAGES
Julian Assange supporters gather in front of the Royal Courts of Justice in London as the US government will appeal against a British judge's decision to block the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder to face trial for publishing military secrets. IMAGES