WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fiancée and mother of two, Stella MorrisLONDON, Mar 13Stella Maurice has announced that her wedding to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is in Belmarsh prison in the UK, is scheduled for March 23rd. — Assange's fiancée and mother of his two children wrote on Twitter.Maurice announced at the end of November that she and Assange had officially applied for marriage. in jail.The High Court of London upheld the US appeal against a previous decision banning extradition on December 10, 2021, the court granted the guarantees that the US provided to the British side.The hearing was limited to the question of whether the judge of the Central Criminal Court of London was wrong in judgments that Assange could commit suicide if extradited to the U.S. The court granted the U.S. appeal and ruled that the case should be b referred to the Westminster Magistrates Court with instructions that the District Judge refer the matter to the Minister of State, who will decide whether Assange should be extradited to the United States. Assange filed a petition at the end of December for the opportunity to appeal this decision, at the end of January 2022 the High Court of London allowed this. Assange, accused in Sweden in 2010 of sexual harassment and rape, has been hiding since June 2012 in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, fearing extradition . On the morning of April 11, 2019, he was detained at the request of the United States. Extradition hearings began on May 2, 2019. Shortly thereafter, US authorities announced that they had filed new charges against Assange for 17 counts of violating the law on espionage and disclosing classified information. If extradited to the US, Assange faces up to 175 years in prison.
