WikiLeaks Founder Assange to Hold Wedding Ceremony in UK Prison

▲Julian Assange (50), founder of WikiLeaks

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Jae-hee] Julian Assange (50), the founder of 'WikiLeaks' who is currently incarcerated, is set to hold a wedding ceremony while in prison.

According to the BBC on the 12th (local time), Assange has been granted permission to marry his wife Stella Morris at Belmarsh Prison in London, UK, where he is being held.

Assange and Morris have two sons together since they first met in 2011, but due to his life in hiding and imprisonment, they had not been able to hold a wedding ceremony until now.

He met his wife, a South African-born lawyer who was part of his legal team, during his seven years in hiding at the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK, and their relationship blossomed from 2015.

The prison authorities stated, "The procedures for Assange's wedding application were conducted in the same manner as those applied to other inmates."

After the wedding application was accepted, Morris said, "I hope there will be no further interference with our marriage."

According to the UK Marriage Act established in 1983, inmates are allowed to hold wedding ceremonies while incarcerated, but all related costs must be borne personally.

Assange, originally from Australia, caused a stir by leaking 700,000 reports related to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and confidential State Department diplomatic documents through the WikiLeaks site, which were obtained from US Army Private Bradley Manning in 2010.

He then lived in hiding for seven years at the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK before being arrested by police in April 2019.

The United States indicted him on 18 charges including espionage in 2019 and requested his extradition from the UK, and Assange is currently engaged in legal proceedings against the US extradition request.

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