Assange's Lawyers To Ask To Release WikiLeaks Founder On Bail Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Assange's Lawyers to Ask to Release WikiLeaks Founder on Bail Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Lawyers of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will ask for him to be released on bail amid the coronavirus outbreak, the campaign to free the activist said in a statement obtained by Sputnik

LONDON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd March, 2020) Lawyers of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will ask for him to be released on bail amid the coronavirus outbreak, the campaign to free the activist said in a statement obtained by Sputnik.

Assange's legal team will submit their petition to the Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday. His lawyers will argue that Assange is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 in prison.