Next Step in Assange Extradition Case Due in UK Court on Friday

The United Kingdom has signed an extradition request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces charges in the U.S. under the Espionage Act.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen in a police van, after he was arrested by British police, in London, Britain, on April 11, 2019. Henry Nicholls/Reuters

LONDON—WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange is due before a London court on Friday, June 14, facing the next stage of a U.S. attempt to try him on spying charges after Britain’s interior minister said he had validated the American extradition request.

Assange, 47, is accused of conspiring to hack U.S. government computers and violating an espionage law.