Julian Assange suffered a stroke last October, British media reveal

Julian Assange suffered a stroke last October at London’s Belmarsh high-security prison, British media Daily Mirror and Daily Mail reported.

The 50-year-old founder of WikiLeaks would have suffered this health mishap at the time of a virtual appearance on his mental health and risk of suicide, which took place on October 27 before the High Court from Belmarsh prison two ago months.

A ‘transient ischemic attack’, the momentary interruption of the blood supply to the brain, can be a warning sign of a full stroke. Assange has since undergone an MRI and is now taking anti-stroke medications.

His fiancee, Stella Morris, said in an interview with Daily Mail who considers that the “extreme stress” of the ongoing legal battle to prevent Assange from being extradited to the United States, is what would have caused the mini spill.

This stroke reportedly left after-effects, how to present a droopy right eyelid, memory problems and signs of neurological damage. Morris said Assange had “more or less” recovered, but fears this incident shows his health is failing.

The Assange case has become a cause for free speech advocates, for whom WikiLeaks has the same rights as other media to publish secret material, if it is in the public interest.

But the US government, which has indicted him on 18 charges including espionage, claims that Assange is not a journalist but a hacker, and the release of unedited documents put the lives of his informants at risk.

If he is extradited, he could be sentenced to a maximum of 175 years, although the exact sentence is difficult to calculate. (I)