WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted approval to wed lawyer in high-security London prison

WikiLeaks laminitis Julian Assange has been fixed support to wed his spouse wrong the British top-security situation wherever helium is being held arsenic helium fights an extradition petition from the U.S. government.

Assange’s fiancee, Stella Moris, said successful a tweet Thursday that British authorities granted the couple’s petition to wed successful Belmarsh Prison, located successful southeast London.

The announcement came days aft Moris threatened ineligible enactment against British Justice Secretary Dominic Raab and Belmarsh situation main Jenny Louis, accusing them of ignoring repeated requests for a wedding ceremonial wrong the detention facility.

Belmarsh Prison told reporters that the situation politician “received, considered and processed [the couple’s application] successful the accustomed way” and that Assange’s petition was treated conscionable similar “any different prisoner.”

For overmuch of the couple’s relationship, Assange was wanted by Swedish prosecutors connected rape charges and sought by U.S. authorities, who accused him of breaking espionage laws by leaking classified quality documents. U.S. prosecutors allege that Assange helped get and publicize ample troves of concealed subject and diplomatic documents connected American warfare efforts successful Afghanistan and Iraq.

Assange and Moris, a Swedish lawyer, person 2 young sons together, some of whom were conceived erstwhile the anti-secrecy activistic sought asylum successful the Ecuadorian embassy successful London. The mates met erstwhile Moris joined Assange’s ineligible defence squad successful 2011; they developed a adjacent narration successful 2015 and had their archetypal kid 3 years later, she wrote successful tribunal documents.

Moris revealed their concealed narration successful March 2020, erstwhile she unsuccessfully argued for Assange’s merchandise connected bail earlier a British court. She said she feared Assange, present 50, could dice owed to the heightened hazard of being exposed to the coronavirus successful prison.

Assange has been successful British custody since 2019 erstwhile Ecuador rescinded his asylum status. This January, a British justice ruled against the U.S. extradition request, citing grounds from defence psychiatrists who accidental Assange actively plans connected taking his ain beingness if sent to basal proceedings successful the United States.

The high-profile ineligible conflict continued, with the Justice Department appealing the verdict successful tribunal past month, arguing that the intelligence appraisal astatine the bosom of January’s ruling was flawed. The national authorities wants Assange to beryllium flown to Northern Virginia to beryllium tried connected 18 counts of violating the Espionage Act. If recovered guilty, the punishment could beryllium beingness imprisonment.

Moris told the PA quality bureau Thursday that she was “relieved that crushed prevailed” and hoped “there volition beryllium nary further interference” with their marriage.