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Julian Assange’s wife: ‘If he is extradited, he will die,’ warns

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WikiLeaks founder’s latest lawsuit Julian Assangeto stop your extradition from UK to USA This is the question life or deathhis wife said Stella Thursday. Assange, 52, is wanted

Julian Assange’s wife: ‘If he is extradited, he will die,’ warns

WikiLeaks founder’s latest lawsuit Julian Assangeto stop your extradition from UK to USA This is the question life or deathhis wife said Stella Thursday.

Assange, 52, is wanted by US authorities for 18 charges in connection with the publication WikiLeaks a large number of military files and confidential diplomatic cables.

Britain has approved his extradition in 2022, a decision Assange’s lawyers will seek to overturn next week in London’s High Court.

At a press conference on Thursday, Stella Assange said her husband would not survive if he went to the United States.

“His health is deteriorating, both physical and mental,” he said. “His life is at risk every day he remains in prison and if he is extradited he will die.”.

Stella Assange at a press conference before Julian Assange’s appeal hearing / Photo: Reuters

In January 2021 judge ruled that Assange should not be extradited because his mental health caused him to lead suicide risk if he remains in a maximum security prison. The Supreme Court overturned this decision after an appeal from American authoritieswho gave a number of guarantees regarding his treatment.

Stella Assange stated that he would demand caution to the European Court of Human Rights if his attempt to challenge the extradition fails at the hearing that will take place. next week In London.

WikiLeaks became famous in 2010 when he published hundreds of thousands of secret files and diplomatic cables.

US prosecutors say the leaks put their agents’ lives at risk, but Assange’s supporters say he was targeted detect violations committed by the United States.

Assange passed seven years refugee in Embassy of Ecuador in London before he was dragged away and jailed in 2019 for violating his bail conditions.

He has since been held in a maximum security prison in London while his extradition case is resolved.

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Source: Aristegui Noticias

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