Julian Assange misses court session due to health problems

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who had been expected to appear from prison via video link at a brief extradition hearing, misses the court session, apparently due to health problems.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has missed a brief extradition hearing, apparently due to health problems.Assange is currently in prison for skipping bail in Britain while fighting extradition to the USWikiLeaks releases a statement saying it has grave concerns about Assange's health

Scheduled to appear at the session from prison via video link on Thursday, Assange's lawyer Gareth Peirce said the Australian was"in fact far from well".Assange is in Belmarsh prison serving time for skipping bail in Britain while fighting extradition to the US.Judge Emma Arbuthnot said a more substantive extradition hearing set for June 12 may be moved to a court next to Belmarsh prison for convenience.

WikiLeaks said it had grave concerns about Assange's health and that he had been moved to a health ward at the high-security prison. "During the seven weeks in Belmarsh his health has continued to deteriorate and he has dramatically lost weight," it added in a statement.

 

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You know he always-and this is only a guess-seemed to me to be a bit unhinged, slightly obsessed with image and impersonality.

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