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The fiancée of Julian Assange has accused British authorities of playing the role of “executioner” after the WikiLeaks founder suffered a mini stroke in prison.
Stella Moris, 38, said he was left with a drooping right eyelid, memory problems and signs of neurological damage.
It happened in October when the 50-year-old appeared at a High Court case via video link from Belmarsh Prison in London.
Campaigners believe the incident was triggered by the stress of the ongoing US legal action to have him extradited.
Moris, the mother of his two children, has been warning that her partner’s health has been getting worse.

On Friday, the High Court overturned an earlier judgment which prevented his extradition to face charges under the US Espionage Act.
Moris told the Press Association news agency: “His incarceration is having a catastrophic effect on his health.
“The US government plotted to kill him and have found a way to do so – get the UK state to play the role of executioner.”
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Referring to the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, she added: “This is a slow-motion Khashoggi playing out in the heart of London.
“It is horrifying that Britain has let itself be instrumentalised by a foreign power to bring about travesty.’’

Assange is wanted in America over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
US authorities brought a High Court challenge against a January ruling by then-district judge Vanessa Baraitser that Assange should not be sent to the US, in which she cited a real and “oppressive” risk of suicide.
After a two-day hearing in October, the Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, sitting with Lord Justice Holroyde, ruled in favour of the US on Friday.
London court allows WikiLeaks founder Assange’s extradition to US
The senior judges found the judge had based her decision on the risk of Assange being held in highly restrictive prison conditions if extradited.
However, the US authorities later gave assurances that Assange would not face those strictest measures either pre-trial or post-conviction unless he committed an act in the future that required them.
Moris said on Friday that his lawyers intend to take his case to the Supreme Court, the UK’s highest court.
Justices will, however, have to decide first whether to hear the case before any appeal is heard.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said it would not comment on individual cases.


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Julian Assange’s mini stroke happened during his battle to avoid extradition from Britain to the US, fiancée says
It left Assange, 50, with a drooping right eyelid, memory loss and signs of neurological damage



Julian Assange was left with a drooping right eyelid, memory problems and signs of neurological damage after mini stroke in prison.


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Julian Assange’s fiancée slams UK authorities after WikiLeaks founder’s ‘mini stroke’ in prison

Julian Assange’s mini stroke happened during his battle to avoid extradition from Britain to the US, fiancée says It left Assange, 50, with a drooping right eyelid, memory loss and signs of neurological damage

Julian Assange’s mini stroke happened during his battle to avoid extradition from Britain to the US, fiancée says

It left Assange, 50, with a drooping right eyelid, memory loss and signs of neurological damage