STORY: :: The fight for Julian Assange's freedom will go on, says the WikiLeaks founder's wife
:: A crucial court ruling on May 20 could see Assange extradited to the U.S.
:: May 13, 2024
:: Stella Assange, Wife of Julian Assange
"It's impossible to really prepare for this moment. What I do feel is that anything could happen. That Julian could be very close to being freed, or he could be very close to being put on a plane and never seeing freedom ever again. It's been going on for over 13 years now. He's been in Belmarsh prison for over five years. Our children are now seven and five years old, and this can't go on."
:: If the judges agree to the extradition, only an intervention from Europe could block it
"Unless the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) puts a stop to it, and they're able to act in time, and we're able to file in time - all these 'ifs' - then Julian could be on a military jet to the United States, a week from now."
:: London, England
"This is a way that we've been living for years and years, and Julian's been living in this indefinite detention in a high security prison. And this is not a way, this is just not a way to live. It's so cruel. And I can't prepare for his extradition, how could I? But if he's extradited then we'll do, I'll do whatever I can and our family is going to fight for him until he is free."
At a hearing at London's High Court on Monday (May 20) which Assange plans to attend, judges are expected to give a ruling on whether to accept U.S. assurances which would pave the way for him to be sent across the Atlantic to face 18 charges, nearly all under the Espionage Act.
The High Court's decision could bring down the curtain on the Australian-born Assange's legal battles in Britain that have been going on for more than 13 years since WikiLeaks burst onto the world stage with details from what was the biggest security breach of its kind in U.S. military history.
