Julian Assange, the publisher of WikiLeaks, suffered a mini-stroke while fighting extradition from the United Kingdom to the United States, according to his fiancee Stella Moris.
It happened in late October, according to Moris, the mother of Assange’s two small children, on the first day of a US government appeal against an order preventing his transfer.
“He must be let free. Now it’s your turn “On Saturday night, she sent out a tweet.
According to the Mail on Sunday, it was a transient ischemic attack, which occurs when the blood supply to a portion of the brain is temporarily disrupted.
According to the weekly, Assange, 50, was left with a drooping right eyelid, memory loss, and evidence of neurological impairment, and he was now on medicine.
Moris was described as stating she was concerned it could lead to a more serious stroke, raising concerns about his ability to endure extradition.
“I believe Julian’s stroke on October 27 was caused by this relentless chess game, battle after battle, and enormous stress,” she added.
The US wants Assange tried for releasing thousands of top-secret military documents about the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq through Wikileaks in 2010.
His supporters’ hopes were heightened in January when a district judge in London halted his extradition on the grounds that transferring him to US prison would put him in danger of suicide.
