The UK High Court will decide whether the 52-year-old whistleblower's final appeal against his extradition to the United States is successful. Assange faces 175 years in prison under the Espionage Act for having revealed, via his organization WikiLeaks, war crimes committed by the U.S.
Julian Assange, considered an investigative journalist by his defenders, hacker or spy by his detractors, awaits him in the London prison of Belmarsh, often called the “British Guantanamo”. How did it get there? A look back at the major stages of an incredible journey at the heart of the debate on press freedom and state secrecy.