The founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange has moved into the medical Department of the British Belmarsh prison, the organization expressed serious concerns about his state of health.
Wikileaks stresses that Assange's health has deteriorated after seven years, which he spent in the Embassy of Ecuador in conditions that are " incompatible with basic human rights ". According to the lawyer of Assange Pen Samuelson, his condition last Friday was that " it was impossible to have a normal conversation ".
"7 weeks in Belmarsh his health continued to deteriorate, he lost a lot of weight. The decision of the management of the prison to move him to a medical facility speaks for itself, " added the organization.
Another Hearing on the extradition case Assange will be held on Thursday in the magistrate's court of the London County Westminster.
Assange is accused in Sweden in 2010, sexual harassment and rape, in hiding since June 2012 in the Ecuadorian Embassy fearing extradition to the Scandinavian country. On the morning of the eleventh of April 2019 grabbed him by the orders of Sweden and the United States. A court in London found him guilty of violating the terms of bail and was sentenced to eleven months in prison. Hearings on the issue of extradition was launched on 2 may.
at present, the Court expects North America full package of documents, which would make the determination of whether to allow the extradition of the defendant to the United States.
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