WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s legal troubles

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces extradition from the U.K. to Sweden after claims of sexual abuse by two women he met there in 2010.

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Nov. 2, 2011

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, second from left, leaves the High Court in London. Two women have accused Assange of rape and sexual molestation in Sweden. Assange has been fighting his extradition to Sweden, but the High Court ruled that the warrant that triggered Assange's arrest and subsequent proceedings by the Swedish authorities were "proportionate."

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Nov. 2, 2011

A woman holds a copy of the book "Julian Assange: The Unauthorised Autobiography" outside London's High Court where Assange attended court Wednesday. In the biography, Assange conceded he was cold to the two Swedish women he calls "A" and "W" but denied criminality.

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July 13, 2011

Assange pushes through photographers and camera crews as he leaves the High Court in London after a July hearing at which Britain's High Court deferred a decision in his appeal.

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Feb. 8, 2011

Assange speaks to the media outside Belmarsh Magistrates' Court, in southeast London, after a court hearing on whether he should be extradited.

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Feb. 24, 2011

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London. Judge Howard Riddle ruled that the allegations of rape and sexual molestation by two women are extraditable offenses and that a Swedish warrant was properly issued.

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Feb. 24, 2011

Julian Assange arrives with his attorney Jennifer Robinson at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London. Assange's lawyers have questioned Sweden's judicial process and expressed concern that their client risks being handed over to the United States, which is investigating whether Assange's Web site should be held responsible for leaking classified information.

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Feb. 24, 2011

Mark Stephens, an attorney for Julian Assange, arrives at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court. Assange's lawyers have said that Sweden's custom of hearing rape cases behind closed doors meant their client would not get a fair trial. Judge Howard Riddle said the practice was common in Sweden.

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Feb. 24, 2011

Supporters of Assange gather outside Belmarsh Magistrates' Court. About a dozen WikiLeaks and Assange supporters gathered outside the court hours before the hearing, hanging banners and signs saying "Free Julian Assange and Bradley Manning," the young U.S. Army private suspected of leaking the documents.

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Feb. 24, 2011

A shrine to war dead and Assange is mounted outside Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London.

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Feb. 24, 2011

Assange supporters dressed in Guantanamo Bay prison camp uniforms stand outside Belmarsh Magistrates' Court.

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Feb. 24, 2011

Vaughan Smith, founder of the Frontline Club, which supports independent journalism, arrives at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London.

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Feb. 24, 2011

Bianca Jagger, an Assange supporter, arrives at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court.

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Feb. 24, 2011

Britain's Jemima Khan, a supporter of Assange, arrives at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London.

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