Julian Assange, closer to extradition to the United States: the British government has signed the order

British Interior Minister Sajiv Javid announced Thursday that he approved extradition Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in the United States, who wants to try him for spying and other charges, although it is the British courts that decide the next step.

The Australian, arrested in the United Kingdom, will appear tomorrow in a London court in another preliminary hearing, in his legal struggle against his delivery to the United States.

Addressing the BBC, Javid said the Australian government "It's just behind bars". "There is an extradition request from the United States that will be reviewed tomorrow by the courts, but yesterday I signed the extradition order and I certified it. , which will go to court tomorrow, "he said.

Assange's lawyers are expected to respond to Javid's decision, paving the way for a lengthy appeal process in British courts.

The US government accused Assange of conspire with former military intelligence badyst Chelsea Manning filter more than 700,000 documents confidential information about the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and cables from the US State Department in 2010 and according to the Washington Post could be sentenced to up to 170 years in prison.

The Wikileaks founder is still incarcerated at Belmarsh Prison, London, after his arrest by the police at the Ecuadorian Embbady on April 11. refugee for seven years to avoid being arrested.

On May 1, Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison. He had been found guilty of violating bail conditions in connection with an earlier extradition request by Sweden. badual badault

After visiting prison hospital on Tuesday, Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei said that Assange's health is "deteriorating".