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Julian Assange ‘will die’ if extradited to US, his wife warns

Source: PA Wire

Julian Assange’s wife has warned that the WikiLeaks founder “will die” if he is extradited to the US, ahead of his High Court appeal next week.

At a media briefing in central London on Thursday morning, Stella Assange said her husband could be on a plane to the US “within days”.

Assange has been in prison in south-east London since he was removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in 2019 where he was given political

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