Julian Assange receives permission to marry his girlfriend Stella Moris in prison

The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, he will be able to marry in the high security prison where he is being held near London, awaiting or not being extradited to the United States, according to his partner Stella Moris.

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“Good news: the government of United Kingdom has backed down 24 hours before the deadline. Julian and I have permission to marry in Belmarsh Jail “tweeted the South African lawyer, who had two children with Assange when he was a refugee in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

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“I am relieved, but still angry that legal action has been necessary to stop the illegal interference with our basic right to marry,” added.

In the last days, Morris He filed a lawsuit against the authorities’ refusal to allow the union.

The wedding date has not yet been set.

Attorney Stella Morris, Julian Assange’s girlfriend. (TOLGA AKMEN / AFP).

There is also no date for the British court’s decision on the US appeal against the UK’s refusal to extradite Assange, delivered in January.

The British justice system had rejected Washington’s extradition request in the first instance, alleging that there was a risk that he would commit suicide.

In late October, the High Court in London considered Washington’s appeal.

The government of USA He claims the 50-year-old Australian on espionage charges and a massive leak of more than 700,000 classified documents, for which he can be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison.

He was arrested by British police in April 2019, after spending seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he took refuge when he was free on bail. He feared extradition to the United States or Sweden, who claimed him for rape, charges that have since been dropped.

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