Julian Assange

2022 - 3 - 23

Julian Assange set to marry fiancée Stella Moris in UK prison - CNN (CNN)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will marry his fiancée, Stella Moris, at Belmarsh prison in London Wednesday, the WikiLeaks media team said in a statement.

The guests will have to leave immediately after the event, even though it is being held during normal visiting hours," it added. "Stella Moris is expected to cut a wedding cake and give a speech after their wedding ceremony has concluded," the statement added. "Julian Assange and Stella Moris will marry in HMP Belmarsh surrounded by only a handful of friends and family on Wednesday. Their engagement was announced in November 2021 and over months of back and forth with the governor and prison authorities, the couple have been granted permission to marry inside the prison," the statement, issued Tuesday, read.

Julian Assange marries former lawyer Stella Morris in UK prison (New York Post)

Julian Assange was set to marry his former lawyer Stella Moris inside London's Belmarsh prison -- under such strict security they're even banned from posing ...

Their relationship started in 2015, she said after revealing the two children she’d had with him. Instead, only four guests and two official witnesses were allowed in the registrar-led ceremony — along with two prison wardens. I love Julian with all my heart, and I wish he were here,” a tearful Moris said as she cut the cake alone, with police in high-visibility jackets looking on.

While facing extradition to U.S., Julian Assange marries his long ... (The Washington Post)

LONDON — Julian Assange married his long-term partner, Stella Moris, on Wednesday inside Belmarsh prison, a high-security facility in southeast London where ...

But because Assange has not been convicted, a prison staff member was allowed to take photos of the wedding. A spokeswoman for the Justice Ministry said convicted prisoners are not allowed to take or share any photos in British prisons. He can still appeal his extradition from Britain via other means. “… Every part of this private event is being intensely policed, from our guest list to the wedding picture.” … I wish he were here,” she said. “I love Julian with all my heart.

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Marries Stella Moris Inside His London ... (PEOPLE.com)

The couple, who have two sons, were wed in a small ceremony in front of four guests, two witnesses and a pair of prison guards.

"The prison states that our wedding picture is a security risk because it could end up in social media or the press," she wrote. He is the most amazing person in the world. According to reports, Assange wore a kilt, also designed by Westwood, who wrote a personal message on the bridal gown. "Today is my wedding day. I love Julian with all my heart, and I wish he were here," Moris, an attorney who was part of Assange's international legal team starting in 2011, said as she cut wedding cake outside the prison gates after their ceremony. What kind of security threat could a wedding picture pose?" For the ceremony, Moris wore a lilac satin wedding dress by designer Vivienne Westwood, who has campaigned against Assange's extradition. "It was pretty much a case of [Moris] walking in, getting married, and then walking out again. It's sometimes hard to know where you can make a difference." He is wonderful and he should be free." The guests will have to leave immediately after the event, even though it is being held during normal visiting hours." She was intimately searched."

Julian Assange marries Stella Moris in London prison ceremony (The Guardian)

WikiLeaks founder granted permission to wed partner, who fought back tears outside the prison, saying 'What we're going through is inhuman'

Earlier this month, Assange moved a step closer to a US trial on espionage charges after the UK’s highest court refused to hear his appeal against extradition. A proposed photographer was also denied access because he worked for the press, even though they would all have attended in a private capacity, she added. Belmarsh regularly permits photography, according to Moris, who added that the far-right activist Tommy Robinson and other prisoners had been interviewed on camera when ITV filmed inside the prison.

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange weds fiancée in London prison ceremony (WAGM)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has wed his fiancée at a small ceremony in the London prison where he is held.

They maintain he was entitled to First Amendment protections of freedom of speech for publishing documents that exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan. They could write to the British Home Secretary in the coming weeks before she makes a decision on his extradition. The dress was designed by British designer Vivienne Westwood, who is among Assange’s more vocal and high-profile supporters.