The court case in England over the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States has been postponed until May 30. Then the pro forma session takes place, in which the case is not yet dealt with in substance. That happens on June 12.

The court case in England over the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States has been postponed until May 30. Then the pro forma session takes place, in which the case is not yet dealt with in substance. That happens on June 12.

The Americans accuse the WikiLeaks founder of conspiracy and computer breach, for which he can be imprisoned for up to five years.

Assange was sentenced to fifty weeks in prison in England on Wednesday for violating the terms of his bail in 2012. The Australian has always maintained that he did not.

The Americans think he worked with former military Chelsea Manning to gain illegal access to government computers. She was detained since 2010 and was sentenced three years later to a 35-year prison sentence for theft, computer fraud and multiple violations of the anti-espionage network.

In May 2017, former President Barack Obama released her early. However, since the beginning of March, Manning has been detained again because she refuses to testify in a WikiLeaks investigation.

Assange was in Ecuadorian embassy in London

Assange was arrested in April in the Ecuadorian embassy in London after Ecuador withdrew the Australian political asylum after seven years. President Lenín Moreno of Ecuador also suspects Assange of spying on other countries from the embassy.

Assange had been in the embassy since 2012 so that he could not be handed over to the Swedish authorities. They wanted to interrogate him for allegations of sexual violence. Sweden has discontinued that investigation. Assange then stayed at the embassy so that the United Kingdom could not arrest him.