 Julian Assange's fiance, Stella Morris, announced recently that Mr. Assange had had a mini-stroke on October 27th, the first day of the latest extradition hearing, according to the Daily Mail. He was reportedly left with a drooping right eyelid, memory problems, and signs of neurological damage. This dangerous deterioration of Mr. Assange's health underscores urgent concerns raised by Doctors for Assange over the past two years. Therefore, once again, Doctors for Assange calls for Mr. Assange to be released from prison so he can access consistent, high-quality, independent medical care, something which is impossible for him to obtain in Belmarsh prison. They reiterate that Mr. Assange is in no condition to undergo an extradition trial. Further, extraditing him to the harsh conditions of the inhumane U.S. prison system should be out of the question. He should therefore be immediately and permanently released from prison. This latest medical emergency adds to the already dire state of Mr. Assange's health, owing to his prolonged psychological torture. This includes 11 years of arbitrary detention, medical neglect, solitary confinement, obstruction of access to his lawyers, and an Orwellian legal prosecution that has violated the rule of law and due process, including that key accusations in the U.S. indictment against Mr. Assange are marred by outright lies and a paucity of fact, that he and his legal team have been surveilled by the CIA, and that Mr. Assange has been targeted by that agency in a plan to kidnap and assassinate him. Throughout Mr. Assange has been subjected to concerted character assassination through propaganda campaigns in mainstream media across the globe. Assurances that Mr. Assange will not be subjected to harsh prison conditions by the very agency that has been plotting to kidnap and assassinate him are farcical. For the high court to accept such a ludicrous proposition, describing the assurances as solemn undertakings offered by one government to another calls into serious question the independence, impartiality, and integrity of the U.K. judiciary. The health of Mr. Assange and the health of our democracy, which depends on a free press and judicial integrity, are both in serious jeopardy. This shameful and deeply damaging case should be dropped now and Julian Assange granted his long overdue freedom.