Julian Assange given permission to appeal US extradition

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London's High Court ruled Monday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has a right to appeal against his extradition to the US.

Assange is facing 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse due to his website's publication of a trove of classified US documents almost 15 years ago.

He has spent the last five years in a British high-security prison after seeking refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for seven years.

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