Julian Assange's European legal team has said it intends to seek political asylum in France for the whistleblower, days before his US extradition trial is set to begin in London.
"We will ask to meet with [French President Emmanuel Macron] in the coming days, if not in the coming hours," Assange's French lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti told journalists during a press conference.
"France is the homeland of human rights," he added.
