The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 25, 2018 Doctors Warn Julian Assange's Physical & Mental Health Dangerously Deteriorating -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two doctors are warning Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange's physical and mental health is dangerously deteriorating, amid his more than 5-year stay in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. Assange first sought refuge there in 2012, when he faced possible extradition to Sweden amid a sexual assault investigation that has since been dropped. The doctors called for Assange to be granted safe passage to a London hospital. .