Julian Assange is seeking permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the United States.
Last month, the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the Wikileaks founder’s extradition to the US and the High Court in London confirmed that an application by Assange has been submitted.
The Australian is wanted by American authorities over documents leaked in 2010 and 2011, which the US says broke the law and endangered lives.
Assange had until Friday to decide whether or not to appeal against his extradition.
The Australian is being held at Belmarsh prison in London after mounting a lengthy battle to avoid being extradited.
The Wikileaks co-founder is wanted by the US on 18 counts, including a spying accusation, after his organisation published confidential military records and diplomatic cables.
He faces up to 175 years in jail, according to his lawyers. However, the US government has said the sentence is more likely to be between four and six years.
Media company Wikileaks is a whistle-blowing platform that publishes classified material provided by anonymous sources.
Assange’s legal team claims Wikileaks publishing the documents – which related to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars – exposed US wrongdoing and were in the public interest.
Those documents revealed how the US military had killed hundreds of civilians in unreported incidents during the war in Afghanistan, while leaked Iraq war files showed 66,000 civilians had been killed, and prisoners tortured, by Iraqi forces.
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