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		</div><p>The partner of Julian Assange, who gave birth to his two children while he was living inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, has issued a plea for him to be released from prison.</p>
<p>Stella Moris said there were now genuine fears for the health of the WikiLeaks founder.</p>
<p>Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison in London since he was dragged out of the embassy a year ago, and is awaiting an extradition hearing on behalf of the United States, where he is wanted for questioning over the activities of WikiLeaks.</p>
<p>He has been in poor health for months, but his friends say coronavirus is now spreading through Belmarsh.</p>
<p>One prisoner has died, and a number of prison officers are off sick, suspected of having the virus, his friends have claimed.</p>
<p>In a statement to the courts supporting an application for bail, Ms Moris reveals that she met Assange in 2011 when she was a legal researcher, and was asked to look into Swedish legal theory and practice.</p>
<p><em>“Over time Julian and I developed a strong intellectual and emotional bond. He became my best friend and I become his,”</em> she wrote.</p>
<p>The friendship developed, and despite the <em>“extraordinary circumstances”</em>, a close relationship began in 2015, she said.</p>
<p>The couple have two young children Gabriel, three, and Max, one.</p>
<p>She said she has gone to great lengths to shield the children from the climate that surrounds Assange.</p>
<p>Ms Moris added: <em>“My close relationship with Julian has been the opposite of how he is viewed – of reserve, respect for each other and attempts to shield each other from some of the nightmares that have surrounded our lives together.”</em></p>
<p>She said she was making the statement now because their lives were “on the brink” and she feared Assange could die.</p>
<p>He is in isolation for 23 hours a day and all visits have stopped, she added.</p>
<p>The extradition hearing is fixed for May 18 after a judge at Westminster Magistrates’ Court rejected calls for an adjournment until September over what his legal team said were <em>“insuperable”</em> difficulties preparing his case because of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>
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