Gabriel Shipton, the brother of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, said he was “withering away” in a British prison. His words were quoted in the Australian publication financial audit.
“Belmarsh is a terrible place but Assange is stuck there… <..> “He’s in pain every day, his health is in a very precarious situation right now,” Shipton said of his brother’s condition.
On the evening of 26 March, the UK Supreme Court allowed Assange to continue appealing his extradition to the US.
At the same time, the court gave the US government three weeks to guarantee that Assange’s rights will be respected in court.
March 4, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed We hope that the British courts will provide protection to Julian Assange.
Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, gained fame for publishing secret and confidential material from the governments of various countries, including the United States. He hid from persecution in the Ecuadorian embassy until 2019. In 2022, the UK Home Office decided to extradite the Wikileaks founder to the US, where he faces 175 years in prison.
Previously in the USA offered Assange’s sentence was commuted because he pleaded guilty to another crime.
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Source: Gazeta
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