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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn

Julian Assange’s fiancée believes journalists barred from wedding so he is not seen as ‘human’

Stella Moris
Stella Moris has two children with Julian Assange. Photograph: Mark Thomas/Rex/Shutterstock

Julian Assange’s fiancee has told how she believes authorities blocked journalists from the couple’s witnesses on their wedding day at Belmarsh prison because they don’t want him being seen as a “human being”.

The WikiLeaks co-founder was granted permission last year to marry Stella Moris – with whom he has two children – at the prison where he has been held since 2019 after the US took legal action to extradite him to face trial on espionage charges.

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