Hearings on the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US will be held in February 2020, Reuters reported.

This decision was made after the London judge Vanessa Baraitser rejected the request of Assange's lawyers to postpone the hearing for three months.

Assange has been charged with 18 charges in the US, including a conspiracy to hack government computers and violate espionage law. If the court finds him guilty, Assange will be imprisoned for ten years.