The wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is warning that her husband will die if he is extradited to the US as a hearing for what will likely be his final chance at appeal is set to begin at London’s High Court on Tuesday.
Stella Assange told BBC that the stress from the case has left her husband in “a very difficult place” both mentally and physically. “This case will determine if he lives or dies, essentially,” she said.
Julian Assange’s lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, has also warned he could die if extradited due to his mental condition after being held in London’s Belmarsh Prison for over four years and the seven years he spent under asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy.
“Because of the treatment he has suffered, he suffers a major depressive illness, he has been diagnosed as being on the [autism] spectrum, and the medical evidence is if he was extradited to the United States those conditions would cause him to commit suicide,” Robinson said last month. “So his life is at risk and I am not exaggerating that.”
If extradited to the US, Assange faces up to 175 years in prison for exposing US war crimes by publishing documents provided to him by a source, a standard journalistic practice. The conviction would have grave implications for the First Amendment and press freedom in the US and around the world.
Ahead of the hearing, the Australian government is stepping up the pressure on the US to drop the charges against Assange, who is an Australian citizen. Last week, Australia’s parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for Assange’s freedom, a motion supported by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
“I hope this can be resolved. I hope it can be resolved amicably. It’s not up to Australia to interfere in the legal processes of other countries, but it is appropriate for us to put our very strong view that those countries need to take into account the need for this to be concluded,” Albanese said after the vote.
WikiLeaks and Assange supporters are asking Americans to put pressure on Congress to oppose the extradition. Americans can call their House representatives to support H.Res.934, a bill introduced by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) that calls for the US to drop the charges against Assange.
Click here to find your representative, or call the House switchboard operator at (202) 224-3121. Tell them to support the resolution to protect the First Amendment and press freedom.
If prisoners were released because they were stressed being in prison, 95% of all prisoners would be release. That is not a good argument for releasing someone. In any case, as I understand it, this hearing is only to decide if he gets to appeal his case, not to release him. So one of two things will happen, he will stay in Belmarsh Prison until his next court date or be sent to the USA.
You’re an idiot…!
Sh!tman calling someone else an idiot.
What’s new?
If you disagree with the comment feel free to refute it. But you can’t.
There’s nothing much to refute. Substance free comments don’t require refutation ala Hitchens razor. Why exactly is Assange in prison in Belmarsh again? On what charge I mean?
You actually sound like you want him to stay in prison. What in the fuck is wrong with you?
Nice language. Anyway, it not what I want it is what is going to happen. He is accused of major crimes and is a known bail jumper. If he did not jump bail for his arrest warrant from Sweden, he would be out on bail pending the British courts ruling. But he did, so he is in prison until the Brits rule on the US requests. It is his fault that he is currently in jail.
He was never charged with any crimes in Sweden.
The crimes he’s charged with in the US are crimes that he literally could not have committed, since he was at no point under US jurisdiction or bound by US laws during the time when the alleged crimes were allegedly committed. It’s like the US asking Britain to extradite an Albanian for the crime of speeding while in Bulgaria.
Get over it. I say “fuck” a lot.
First you say it’s not what you want and then you give reasons why it should be. And the same fucking (there’s that word again) bogus reasons our government crams down our throat through our MSM. His crime was exposing US crimes in illegal wars you claim to have opposed. And Thomas Knapp has set you straight on Sweden’s charges several times, so I won’t get into that.
Well you should not use the f words makes you look small. Again it does mater what I want it only matters what is happening. As for Sweden arrests warrant it was very real. He decided to jump bail. That is a fact. Uncontestable. And like all bail jumpers, one does not get a second chance at bail. So like it or not he in prison by his own actions. Sorry if the facts upset you.
The Swedish arrest warrant was “real” in that it was in fact issued by Sweden.
The Swedish arrest warrant was invalid in that Interpol red notices are only valid for people who are charged with a crime. They’re not valid for “we want to talk to someone.”
The Swedish regime insisted they just wanted to “interview” Assange, even though there was no case, the alleged victims having withdrawn their accusations, then refused to “interview” him anywhere but Sweden and issued a fraudulent arrest warrant to get him there to be “interviewed.” The problem was not that Assange jumped bail, it was that the UK entertained the fraudulent warrant in the first place. When governments won’t even obey their own supposed laws, why should anyone else trust them or cooperate with them?
Bullshit. And that is to both you claiming that using the word fuck, fucked, fucking or any other version of that wonderful word, makes me look small and to your insistence that Assange charges in Sweden were legit. But I’m really interested in what you “want” because you sure as fuck don’t sound like you want anything other than Assange rotting in jail.
Yes and now Stella + Cornell West are pushing the Navalny Narrative. This stinks big time.
What do you mean?
https://t.me/FiorellaInMoscow/7556
I understand the motive behind Stella, Cornel is another story.
Not terrible. Just trying to grab empathy from where the propaganda forces attention.
No one should die in prison from neglect or intent, if either of those are true.
Assange’s Wife, Lawyer Warn He Will Die If Extradited to the US
isn’t that kind of the point?
Other than Ellsberg, he probably released the most important information in modern times. Where are all of the leeches who got pulitzers for publishing? Why aren’t they in peril? Why aren’t they speaking out loudly? Ellsberg wanted to be charged to prove a point.
Free Assange.
…And where were you Mr Albanese and the Australian government when all began…?! In Silence mode…?!
NAVALNY NAVALNY NAVALNY
Since antiwar doesn’t talk about Navalny (Killed by Putin in Prison) here…
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/16/europe/alexey-navalny-dead-russia-prison-intl
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/64fb7bdc54ac01cf37153d924705997c8f3308f34844e440a348252a389bf324.jpg
“Since, in my imagination, antiwar doesn’t talk about Navalny …”
Fixed, no charge.
You gave him too much credit… He lacks even imagination…!
I do, I truly do, Sh!tman.
Why are you substituting exclamation marks for other letters? If you are going to swear and use profanity man up and take responsibility for it and don’t try and hide it like the little bitch you are.
Ok, Dipshit. Is that something you always do?
I’ll try it sometime, especially with you since you are weirdly obsessed with me and looking for my attention.
It might be a Russian Fascist thing of yours.
Any other special request or any other scholarly writing tips?
Would you like to be a moderator too?
Can I post memes like this one below?
The little b!tch calling others little bitch. Lol
What a dipshit you are. Putin Lover. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/579ee662417a54f89ba2cf30fc778468091f1e71370da1543a2c1f3bb3650f57.jpg
No I never act like a little bitch. That’s your schtick.
Well, you are. You are the Putin’s little bitch here getting all butt hurt attacking me for serving my country every time I criticize him or defend Ukraine, you dipshit.
It’s what you do.
Putin Lover.
If I’m Putin’s bitch why are you the one who can’t get him out of your mind. You obsess about him up and down every comment section you participate in? That you think you “served your country” belies a rank ignorance of how the world works. Not only are you Putin’s little bitch you are also a Uncle Sam’s little bitch.
And why do you b!tch about me criticizing him, you little bi!ch? Lol
You are the one coming up to me because you take it personal. Hmm, wonder why.
Oh we know why, you are a Putin lover!!
Look at you still hating me for serving. Wow, that’s a different level.
That’s very American of you. Lol
Call me whatever you want, I don’t care.
At the end of the day, you are a Putin lover, a fake American, and a dipshit.
Glory to Ukraine, you little bitch.
Bring on the hate because I’m a tick Tok mohatfucka!!
I’m not bitching about anything, I’m laughing at you. Why is this so hard to understand? What is a tik tok mohatfucka? Is that some kind of Indian cult or something? Or maybe the burn pit exposure is flaring up and impacting your language skills.
B!TCH
Nice one.
Navalny just hasn’t had enough coverage. /s
Everyone talks about Assange. /s
Not in my imagination but in my ability to read from outside the feed (main feed / Ukraine / Russia) from my phone.
You placed your article on the sidelines and only beat me by couple hours.
And if I didn’t read the author’s name, I would’ve guessed it was written by Dave D.
Edit: But i do appreciate antiwar for at least acknowledging the event 5 days later.
It’s literally on the front page of the site. How is an article on the frontpage “on the sidelines?” Oh wait I forgot your view of reality is warped beyond all recognition.
What was that, little Russian Nazi? Sorry I didn’t understand.
It’s obvious as you can’t read the headlines on the front page.
No I cannot, I’m brain damaged, you dipshit. You said it yourself.
Why do you keep trying?
Imma brain damaged Vet, Mothafucka!!!!
That’s the first step: admitting you have a problem. Now you have to go get some help.
Yeah, just like I’m waiting on you to admit you are Putin b!tch pretending to be an American here.
You’ll be waiting till you rot as I am American, pioneer stock in fact, and I think that Putin like most leaders of nuclear powers is a war criminal. That doesn’t change the fact that he is going to enforce Russia’s local hegemony to the best of his ability.
Of course I will rot just like you’ll rot a fake American, and a little bitch, you dipshit.
If I’m a fake American why is my English better than yours? You are either poorly educated or English is your second language. What is it?
Your English better than mine? Lol
My second language? Ok, Why not my third language? Lol
And you must be retarded or full of shit.
You asked after you have diagnosed me with brain damaged due to exposure to burn pits as a war veteran and yet, you keep coming back at me in spite of your own diagnose. Haha, Something’s wrong with you.
You are stupid and you know that and that’s why you are here now desperately pulling an English writing contest. Yeah, you are super American. Lol
What a fcking idiot.
These fcking fake Americans are getting worse.
The only thing fake is your bravado. You are a little bitch who would run home to mommy the minute you ran into a real threat. There’s no way a whining prick like you was ever in the military.
Yes, I’m a little bitch, and I’m a fake bravado and yes I never served.
What other claims of me do you have?
I’ll agree to each and everyone of them because according to your blogging diagnose, I’m brain damaged.
But but but, I’m still your favorite Tik Tok MOTHAFUCKA!!!!!!!! haha.
What’s new Putin fluffer?
Lol
Loser little b!tch!!!!
I’m glad you agree. Like I said acceptance is the first step.
Also, Assange’s Wife supports Navalny and blames Putin for his death:
Oh shoot, that’s conflict of interests.
We may not see so much on Assange anymore.
The wife of WikiLeaks founder and imprisoned journalist Julian Assange said Friday that the reported death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is “utterly devastating,” pointing to his work uncovering corruption at the highest levels of Russian society.
“He was only 47. Had he not been imprisoned, he would be alive,” Stella Assange wrote on social media. “Navalny was an opposition figure, but his investigative journalism exposed the corruption of the ruling elites in Russia.”
“I feel for his wife Yulia and their two children, who will probably never really know what happened,” she added. “Condolences to his friends and family.”
https://johnmenadue.com/devastating-wife-of-imprisoned-journalist-julian-assange-mourns-death-of-alexei-navalny/