LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was too ill on Thursday to appear via video link from a British prison in a hearing on an extradition request from the United States, his lawyer said.
"During the seven weeks in Belmarsh his health has continued to deteriorate and he has dramatically lost weight," it added in a statement."The decision of prison authorities to move him to the health ward speaks for itself."Britain's Ministry of Justice said it could not comment on individual prisoners. However, a government source said that although Assange was on the prison's health wing, he was eating normally and was receiving the same diet as other inmates.
Earlier this month, he was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison by a British court for skipping bail after fleeing to the Ecuadorean embassy. The U.S. Justice Department has said that by publishing their identities he jeopardized the lives of sources that included Afghans, Iraqis, journalists, religious leaders, human rights advocates and political dissidents from repressive regimes.
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