WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson and lawyer Jennifer Robinson attend a news conference ahead of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's U.S. extradition case, in London, Britain February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson
LONDON (Reuters) - Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is no longer being kept in solitary confinement and his health is improving, his spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson told reporters on Tuesday.
Assange, 48, is in Belmarsh high-security prison in London, fighting an extradition request from the United States where he faces 18 counts including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law. He could spend decades in prison if convicted.
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