UK Court Sets Assange’s US Extradition Hearing for February 2020

The full extradition hearing to decide whether Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be sent to the United States will take place in February next year.

Buildings are reflected in the window as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail, in London on May 1, 2019. Matt Dunham/AP

LONDON—The full extradition hearing to decide whether Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be sent to the United States to face accusations including spying charges will take place in February next year, a London court ruled on Friday, June 14.

Assange, 47, is accused by U.S. authorities of 18 charges including conspiring to hack U.S. government computers and violating an espionage law.