Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, is expected to find out today whether he can halt his extradition to the US where he could face trial for disclosing military secrets.
The High Court will decide whether it is satisfied with assurances given by the US over his prosecution for disclosing hundreds of thousands of documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Judges want confirmation the Australian's rights will be protected - and that he won't face the death penalty.Mr Assange is wanted on a series of espionage charges.
He had been a hacker since he was 16, and had already had brushes with the law in Australia, receiving a fine in 1995.What is Wikileaks?Wikileaks has released about ten million classified documents, including many about the US military's activities in the Middle East.Assange described Wikileaks as "a giant library of the world's most persecuted documents.
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