The 47-year-old appeared by video link at Westminster Magistrates‘ Court.
The court heard that the „extradition process will take many months“. The case was adjourned until 30 May.
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Today the US extradition case against our publisher Julian Assange formally begins in British courts, but this extradition case actually started in 2010.
Julian Assange‘s sentence is as shocking as it is vindictive. We have grave concerns as to whether he will receive a fair extradition hearing in the UK.
Julian Assange jailed for 50 weeks for breaching bail in 2012
As he was taken down to the cells, Assange defiantly raised his fist to the supporters in the public gallery behind him.
They raised their fists back at him in solidarity and shouted: “Shame on you” towards the court.
Assange sentencing yet to start. Patchy phone reception as always in this big brick court complex so will tweet what I can. @SBSNews
Judgment day for Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder raises his fist as he arrives at court where he faces up to a year in jail for skipping bail and hiding out in the Ecuadorian embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is in court for a sentencing hearing that could see him receive a year in jail for breaching his bail and hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy.
The 47-year-old, wearing a black jacket over a grey sweatshirt and sporting a clipped beard, raised his fist in a gesture of defiance as he arrived in a van at Southwark Crown Court in London.
Chelsea and Julian are in Jail. History Trembles.
Tonight both Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange are in jail, both over offences related to the publication of materials specifying US war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, and both charged with nothing else at all. No matter what bullshit political and MSM liars try to feed you, that is the simple truth. Manning and Assange are true heroes of our time, and are suffering for it.