Pope Francis met on Friday with the wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, as he nears the 'endgame' of his fight against extradition to the United States on espionage charges.
During a protest in London against his extradition earlier this month, his wife said his transfer to the United States could be imminent.
"Julian could be a few weeks away from extradition. We don't have a clear timeline, but this really is the endgame," Stella Assange told reporters.The 51-year-old has been held since 2019 at the Belmarsh high security prison in southeast London. He previously spent nearly seven years holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden on allegations of sexual assault.We live in a world where facts and fiction get blurred
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