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Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei joins Julian Assange's father outside the Old Bailey courthouse in London to protest the WikiLeaks founder's extradition charges. Assange faces 18 charges in the US relating to the 2010 release by WikiLeaks of 500,000 secret files detailing aspects of military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. IMAGES
Supporters of Julian Assange, including his father Richard Assange, and British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood protest in front of the Old Bailey in London as the extradition trial for the Wikileaks founder resumes. IMAGES
Supporters of Julian Assange, including the former leader of the Labour party Jeremy Corbyn, gather in front of London's Old Bailey on the day of the first hearing of the journalist's extradition appeal. IMAGES
Dozens of people protest outside the London High Court where a hearing for Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States is set to begin. The 52-year-old WikiLeaks founder is facing trial in the United States for publishing secret military and diplomatic files. If he loses, Assange will have exhausted all UK appeals and will enter the extradition process, although his team have indicated they will appeal to European courts. IMAGES
Supporters of Julian Assange arrive outside 10 Downing Street to call for his release after a UK court hearing over whether to grant the WikiLeaks founder a fresh appeal against his extradition to the United States to face espionage charges concluded in London. Washington indicted Assange multiple times between 2018 and 2020 over Wikileaks's publication of hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic files on the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. IMAGES
A video released by Wikileaks reportedly shows Julian Assange, the organization's founder, boarding a flight at London Stansted Airport. Assange has been released from a high-security London prison where he was held for five years, Wikileaks says, after reaching a US plea deal. IMAGES
Protesters gather outside a London court on the day that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may find out whether he has won a reprieve in his last-ditch UK legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States. The Australian national, aged 52, is seeking permission to appeal against a ruling allowing him to be sent to face a US trial on espionage charges. IMAGES
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at a courthouse on US soil in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands to face a final court hearing under a plea deal expected to end years of legal drama and allow him to return to his native Australia. IMAGES