Julian Assange's partner Stella Moris has sent out an important update about the extradition case on Crowd Justice fundraising appeal. The update came after the US prosecution submitted their arguments to court last Friday, to appeal a UK magistrates court ruling from January 4, that it was unsafe to extradite Julian because to do so would likely result in his death.

 "The next step in the legal case is that Julian’s legal team will respond to the US grounds for appeal. Julian's lawyers are hard at work. Julian's team has asked the High Court to give them more time to consider whether to lodge a cross appeal in order to challenge parts of the ruling where the magistrate did not side with Julian and the press freedom arguments. A cross appeal would provide an opportunity to clear Julian’s name properly."

Earlier in the week a coalition of major human rights and press freedom groups have signed a letter asking Biden's Department of Justice to drop the indictment against Julian Assange. The letter initiated by Freedom of the Press Foundation was signed by leading rights groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Committee to Protect Journalists.

Julian Assange remains on remand in the high security Belmarsh Prison where he has been for over 500 days. The most pressing problem for Julian is that conditions in detention continue to obstruct his ability to prepare his legal case, a case on which his life depends.

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