Stella Moris arrived wearing a silver gray wedding dress, designed by Vivienne Westwood, and accompanied by the two little boys she had with Julian Assange, in kilt and white shirt. On her veil were embroidered the words “free“, “noble” and “tumultuous“. The British designer, very committed to the release of Julian Assangealso designed the kilt worn by the groom – in reference to his Scottish origins.
So few people attended the ceremony in a very small committee, the public remained outside made noise for the exit of the young bride Stella Morris. Champagne, cake with figurines of the bride and groom, confetti, everything was there to make people forget the special conditions of the wedding. A festive air that touched the lawyer, grateful, “happy” and “sad” both of this event: “What we are going through is cruel. […] Julian is a most extraordinary person. He should be free“. Caught in a long legal saga, the 50-year-old Australian is wanted by the American courts who want to try him for the dissemination, from 2010, of more than 700,000 classified documents on American military and diplomatic activities, in particular in Iraq. and in Afghanistan. Prosecuted in particular under legislation against espionage, he faces 175 years in prison, in a case denounced by human rights organizations as a serious attack on freedom of the press.