Berlin (CNSNews.com) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is challenging a U.S. extradition request, initiating a potentially lengthy legal battle over whether the Australian will stand trial in U.S. on hacking charges.
Appearing via video link from his prison cell, Assange told London’s Westminster magistrates’ court on Thursday he does “not wish to surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism that has won many awards and protected many people.
