LONDON—Julian Assange appeared before a British court Feb. 24 to fight an extradition request from the United States which wants to put the 48-year-old on trial for hacking government computers and violating an espionage law.
A hero to admirers who say he has exposed abuses of power, Assange is cast by critics as a dangerous enemy of the state who has undermined Western security. He says the extradition is politically motivated by those embarrassed by his revelations.
