Julian Assange to apply for bail amid coronavirus dangers in British prisons
Submitted by wendy davis on Wed, 03/25/2020 - 11:26amFrom Oscar Grenfell at wsws.org March24, 2020:
“WikiLeaks announced this morning that Julian Assange’s lawyers will file a bail application at Westminster Magistrates Court tomorrow. The attempt to secure Assange’s release from the maximum-security Belmarsh Prison comes amid warnings that the British penitentiary system is at risk of an eruption of coronavirus infections.