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TOPSHOT - Demonstrators hold placards as they protest outside of the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London on February 21, 2024, on the second day of a UK appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange against his extradition to the US. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was absent from a London court due to illness Tuesday, as his lawyers launched a likely last bid to appeal against his extradition to the United States to face espionage charges. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)