Wikileaks' Assange appears in court in Spain spying investigation


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  • Saturday, 21 Dec 2019

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain, December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

MADRID (Reuters) - Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a Madrid court via videolink from Britain on Friday as part of an investigation into his allegations that a Spanish firm spied on him while he lived inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

The case, led by Spanish judge Jose de la Mata, focuses on allegations that first cameras and then microphones were installed in the embassy between June 2017 and early 2018 by Spanish private security firm Undercover Global S.L.

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