About Stella
Stella Assange is a human rights lawyer born in South Africa who joined Julian Assange's legal team in 2011. She married him in March 2022 and they have two children born in 2017 and 2019. In 2023 she received the Pimentel Fonseca Prize in Naples and the Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse from Trinity College Dublin. She has written for The Guardian and Daily Mail, appeared on BBC Hardtalk, and speaks publicly about press freedom and her husband's case. Following Julian Assange's release in 2024, she continues advocacy work for justice in his case.
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SpeakerExtradition CasesGovernment AccountabilityHuman Rights LawJustice AdvocacyPress Freedom
Known for
- work on press freedom and Julian Assange extradition case
- human rights advocacy
- public speaking on justice and free speech
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