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Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, speaks to the media. PA
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A demonstrator wears a Julian Assange mask as supporters stage a protest against his imprisonment outside the High Court in London. AP Photo
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A woman wears a ‘Free Assange’ badge. The US government is scheduled to ask Britain's High Court to overturn a judge's decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be sent to the US to face espionage charges. AP Photo
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Stella Morris, partner of Julian Assange, speaks to the media. Reuters
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Mr Assange is wanted in the US on allegations of a conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information after WikiLeaks published hundreds of thousands of leaked documents. Reuters
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John Shipton, father of Julian Assange, arrives outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London in support of his son. Getty Images
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Supporters of Julian Assange gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Getty Images
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Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, speaks to the media. PA
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A demonstrator wears a Julian Assange mask as supporters stage a protest against his imprisonment outside the High Court in London. AP Photo
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A woman wears a ‘Free Assange’ badge. The US government is scheduled to ask Britain's High Court to overturn a judge's decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be sent to the US to face espionage charges. AP Photo
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Stella Morris, partner of Julian Assange, speaks to the media. Reuters
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Mr Assange is wanted in the US on allegations of a conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information after WikiLeaks published hundreds of thousands of leaked documents. Reuters
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John Shipton, father of Julian Assange, arrives outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London in support of his son. Getty Images
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Supporters of Julian Assange gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Getty Images
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Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, speaks to the media. PA