“I’m very happy,I’m very sad,” the 37-year-old said. I love Julian with all my heart,and I wish he were here.
“You know what we are going through is cruel and inhuman. The love that we have for each other carries us through this situation and any other that will come.
“He should be free.”
The Australian is in jail fighting extradition to the United States,where authorities want to try him under the Espionage Act over the leaking of hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic and military cables that WikiLeaks published unredacted.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Assange should be extradited,but further legal appeals are expected.
Assange,50,says he is a journalist and whistleblower and,while this has not been accepted in court so far,it is likely to be the basis of further appeals by his lawyers.