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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Julian Assange: Priti Patel’s extradition order shows government’s ‘totalitarian bent’, says wife

PA Wire

Priti Patel’s decision to send Julian Assange to the US to face espionage charges is part of the government’s “increasingly totalitarian bent”, the wife of the Wikileaks founder has said.

Writing for The Independent, Stella Moris condemned the home secretary for “flouting” calls from the Europe’s leading human rights organisation, doctors and journalists to stop his extradition to the US.

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