WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is no longer being held in solitary confinement and his health is improving, his colleague and spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson says.
, where he faces 18 charges including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law.His supporters had expressed concern about the state of his health after he appeared confused during a court hearing in October, struggling to recall his age and name and saying he was unable to think properly.
"He has improved thanks to the pressure from his legal team, the general public, and amazingly, actually from other inmates in Belmarsh Prison, to get him out of isolation." Donald Trump mentioned WikiLeaks 141 times before the 2016 election. Now his Justice Department is pressing charges.
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