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 5, 2022 Julian Assange Marks 1,000th Day Locked Up in Belmarsh High-Security Prison --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today is Julian Assange's 1,000th day locked up in the Belmarsh high-security prison in London. Supporters of the Wiki Leaks founder are expected to rally outside the prison demanding his release and to oppose U.S. plans to extradite him for exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. .