(ANSA) – ROME, MARCH 23 – The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, is getting married today (Wednesday, March 23) with one of his former lawyers, Stella Moris. The ceremony will take place in Britain’s maximum security prison, from where the WikiLeaks co-founder continues to fight against his extradition to the United States.
The couple will join in the presence of in a small group: only four guests and two witnesses. But their supporters are invited to travel to the outskirts of Belmarsh prison in south-east London dressed as if to attend the wedding. British designer Vivienne Westwood, who is very committed to the cause of Julian Assange, has designed the kilt that Assange will wear for the occasion – in homage to her Scottish origins – as well as Moris’ wedding dress.
Involved in a long legal saga, the 50-year-old Australian is wanted by American courts who want to try him for the dissemination, since 2010, of over 700,000 confidential documents on American military and diplomatic activities, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan. Especially persecuted by the anti-espionage law, Assange faces 175 years in prison.
On March 14, he saw one of his last hopes of avoiding his extradition disappear, after the British Supreme Court’s refusal to examine his appeal.
Assange and Moris first met in 2011 when the lawyer was hired to join the legal team fighting extradition. Moris had two children with Assange, two boys conceived when she lived at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Moris, on the occasion of the wedding, launched a fundraiser to contribute to the legal costs that yesterday she had already raised over 177,000 pounds (212,000 euros). (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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