![US officials accuse Assange of 18 offences relating to WikiLeaks’s release of confidential military records and diplomatic cables [Frank Augstei/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21004475449230.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Examining 10 years of the WikiLeaks founder’s legal struggles.
Julian Assange
![Assange, 49, an Australian citizen, has been jailed at Belmarsh since he was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2019 [File: Matt Dunham/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/bf9a0b1ed2af4def828797d9c1262c49_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Assange will continue to be held in London’s maximum-security Belmarsh prison pending his US extradition case.
![Stella Moris, partner of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Editor in Chief of WikiLeaks Kristinn Hrafnsson and WikiLeaks Ambassador Joseph Farrell arrive at the Westminster Magistrates Court ahead of the hearing [Henry Nicholls/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-06T095629Z_2143190588_RC292L92ASAW_RTRMADP_3_WIKILEAKS-ASSANGE.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Hearing follows key ruling earlier this week blocking US attempt to extradite the WikiLeaks founder.
![A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds a placard at the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court in London, on January 4, 2021 [Henry Nicholls/ Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-04T100313Z_382007161_RC2Y0L9K3CUB_RTRMADP_3_WIKILEAKS-ASSANGE.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Australian PM says Julian Assange is free to return home if the US fails in its extradition bid.
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Legal fight over WikiLeaks founder’s future set to intensify as US prosecutors ready extradition ruling appeal.
![WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange gestures in a prison van, as he leaves Southwark Crown Court in London, Britain, May 1, 2019 [Neil Hall/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/h_56597109.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Supporters welcome judge’s decision to block extradition on health grounds as US prosecutors expected to appeal.
![In court, Assange's lawyers argued that the case was political and an assault on journalism and freedom of speech [Priscilla Coleman/MB Media]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Assange1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
UK judge says WikiLeaks founder should not be extradited to face espionage charges because he is at risk of suicide.
![WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen in a police van after he was arrested by British police outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, on April 11, 2019 [File: Reuters/Henry Nicholls]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/be8e4c5394954bf6b750033b6d3ded5e_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The extradition of the WikiLeaks founder to the US would be his death sentence.
![Singer MIA and supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gather outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London, UK, January 13, 2020 [File: Simon Dawson/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-01-13T114812Z_2100641736_RC2ZEE9G5XSL_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-ASSANGE-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
With a week until a UK court announces the verdict on Assange’s extradition case, we review his supporters and critics.
![Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in the UK [File: Frank Augstein/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/4d94bec1495c44dda645128c0307afbe_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The Australian-born whistle-blower is facing espionage and hacking charges in the US, facing up to 175 years in prison.
![WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, attends his trial at the Old Bailey in London, on October 1 2020 [Will Oliver/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/h_56386741.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Jennifer Robinson speaks to Al Jazeera about the trial and what the future may hold for Assange, who is in poor health.
![Assange is fighting extradition from the UK to the US over the release of confidential cables by WikiLeaks [File: Henry Nicholls/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/6475c6c92ada4a11adb7d9286d44530b_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Assange’s lawyer says deal offered in exchange for source for the hacking of Democratic emails before 2016 election.
US says WikiLeaks founder conspired to hack gov’t computers, but supporters claim Assange is being unfairly targeted.
![People demonstrate outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London on August 14, 2020 [File: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/7746e85752294c94bb8ecd80ce8f009d_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The hearing which was delayed due to coronavirus pandemic will resume on Monday and is due to run until early October.