Assange ‘too ill’ to attend court hearing via video link
https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2020/0601/1144782-julian-assange/
EXCERPT:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was said to be too ill to attend the latest court hearing in his extradition case.
Assange, 48, is wanted in the US to face 17 charges under the Espionage Act and conspiracy to commit computer intrusion after the publication of hundreds of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011.
He is currently being held in London’s maximum-security Belmarsh prison while the court system tries to reschedule his extradition hearing, which was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A brief hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court this morning was barely audible over a telephone link available for journalists to listen in to proceedings.
Concerning.