A UK court decides today whether to give the green light to Assange's extradition to the United States. Justices Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson will announce their decision this morning.
The US Prosecutor's Office intends to charge the former hacker with 17 crimes against the Espionage Act of 1917 and one more of computer interference. The publisher's legal team is considering the possibility of appealing to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (ECtHR) But even if they obtained an order from this institution to suspend delivery, it remains to be seen what the reaction of the British Government would be.