Julian Assange “will die” if extradited to the US from the UK, warns his wife

The wife of Julian Assange warned Thursday in London that the founder of WikiLeaks “He will die” if he is extradited to the United States, which wants to try him for espionage.

“His health is deteriorating, physically and mentally. “His life is in danger every day he remains in prison and if he is extradited he will die.”Stella Assange said at a press conference in the British capital.

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The High Court of Justice in London will examine on Tuesday and Wednesday next week a new appeal by the Australian against his extradition to the United States, where he is being prosecuted for the massive leak of confidential documents.

The support group for the founder of WikiLeaks ‘Assange Free’ warned in a statement in December that this trial in London “It could be the last opportunity to avoid his extradition to the United States”.

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If Assange fails in this last attempt before British justice, he will have exhausted all avenues of appeal in the United Kingdom.

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Despite everything, a last resort before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) “It’s still possible”his followers noted in December.

The 52-year-old Australian is being prosecuted in the United States for having published more than 700,000 confidential documents since 2010 about the North American country’s military and diplomatic activities, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Because of this, Assange risks being sentenced to 175 years in prison, accused of espionage.

Assange was arrested by British police in 2019, after seven years confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he took refuge to avoid being extradited to Sweden, accused of sexual assault.

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The detainee has been in Belmarsh maximum security prison, east London, for four years. The “Free Assange” campaign presents him as a martyr for press freedom.

The British government accepted his extradition in June 2022, but Julian Assange appealed, which delayed his delivery.

Source: Elcomercio

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