For more than a decade Julian Assange has tried everything to avoid the position he finds himself in, on the cusp of being bundled onto a plane to the US to face espionage charges that carry a jail sentence of up to 175 years.  

His fate now rests with a couple of judges in London who’ll decide whether he can appeal against his extradition. 

Today, media freedom advocate and journalism academic Peter Greste unpacks the case for us.

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Peter Greste, media freedom advocate and professor of journalism at Macquarie University