The WikiLeaks founder's case has been adjourned until May 30 for a procedural hearing with a following hearing planned for June 12.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange refused to voluntarily surrender to extradition to the U.S., where he would be forced to face charges over one of the biggest compromises of classified information yet, during a court appearance via video link from a British prison on Thursday.
Assange's case was adjourned until May 30 for a procedural hearing with a following hearing planned for June 12, Reuters reported. The full extradition hearing is expected to be months away. It was later confirmed that the arrest had come in response to a U.S. extradition request, with Assange facing charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, which carries a maximum penalty of five years.
"We have grave concerns as to whether he will receive a fair extradition hearing in the UK," WikiLeaks said. The Metropolitan Police Service said at the time of the arrest that its officers had been invited into the embassy to arrest Assange after Ecuador's government withdrew the WikiLeaks founder's asylum after accusing him of repeated violations of international conventions on diplomatic asylum.
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