Assange hopes for his last chance in court. If he fails, legal recourse in Great Britain would be exhausted.
The US government wants to put the Australian on trial in the USA on espionage charges. If convicted there, he could face up to 175 years in prison. Human rights organizations around the world are campaigning for the 52-year-old's release. The two-day hearing at the High Court in the British capital is the last hope of preventing his extradition to the USA before the British courts.