Stella Assange
Bio
Stella Assange is a human rights lawyer who was born in South Africa. In March 2022 she married Julian Assange with whom she has two children, born 2017 and 2019. She joined Assange’s legal team in 2011. In 2023, Stella was awarded the Pimentel Fonseca Prize in Naples and received the Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse awarded by The Hist at Trinity College Dublin, on behalf of herself and Julian Assange. She has written for The Guardian, The Daily Mail, and has been profiled by The Sunday Times Magazine, to name but a few. Stella has also appeared on BBC Hardtalk.
Julian Assange has been detained without charge or conviction in the UK’s harshest, most surveilled prison, HMP Belmarsh, also known as Britain’s Guantanamo Bay. The United States wants to extradite him to face a 175 year prison sentence because WikiLeaks received and published official documents leaked by US military whistleblower Chelsea Manning. The disclosures documented war crimes, torture and extrajudicial killings during the US occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Media Appearances
There's no reason for Julian Assange to be in a High-Security Prison TalkTV
There are a lot of people trying to get justice and see freedom for my husband - I have faith | AP News
We are now in the end game and Australia plays a crucial role in Julian's release | National Press Club of Australia
This is basically the revenge of the United States | BBC Interview
Attending the European Parliament in Brussels for Julian's nomination for Sakharov Prize
It should be Julian who is standing before you not me, especially in institutions that commemorate peace, justice, and truth.
Featured Articles
Press freedom does not exist while my husband Julian Assange is in jail
3 OCTOBER 2023
We must defend the right to offend. The most important aspect of the right to offend is the one that confronts those in power with the truths that they most eagerly wish to conceal. Without this right, the powerful become untouchable.
I'm married to Julian Assange - I just want a normal life for us and our boys
I found it intimidating and difficult. I had had an insight into what Julian was up against – the nastiness of it all. But it has become easier as I see more goodwill. What Julian faces is very dark, but I am constantly met with people who are committed to fighting for him. It’s hard not to feel strengthened by it.
Julian Assange's wife reveals how they raise children together while he is in jail awaiting an extradition decision
My Australian husband Julian Assange is fighting for his life from within the confines of a three-by-two-metre cell in Britain’s harshest prison, Belmarsh.
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