If put on trial and convicted in the US, Assange may be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison. The court issued the extradition order, leaving UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to rubber-stamp his transfer to the US after a years-long legal wrangle. The hearing was held in a virtual manner. Assange has been on remand at the Belmarsh maximum-security prison in southeast London since October 2020, after serving an 11-month sentence for breaking bail conditions. However, overturning the earlier ruling, the London High Court in December 2021 ruled in favour of the US appeal to extradite Assange.

Source: CNN April 20, 2022 17:43 UTC