for the last three years, he's been in belmarsh prison outside london. lawyer is making a last—ditch attempt to stop the uk government extraditing him to the us to face espionage charges. my guest is stella moris, the lawyer who worked on his defence team, became his wife, and is the mother of two of his children. why hasjulian assange become such a polarising figure? stella moris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you in the studio. over the next few days, the british home secretary, priti patel, is going to make a very big decision on whether to extradite your husband, julian assange, to the united states. does this feel to you like his last chance? well, indeed, priti patel has my husband's life in her hands. we have some avenues of appeal still to go. but ultimately, over the last few years, over the last 12 years, in fact, what has happened is a flagrant abuse of the legal system in order to persecute publisher, for publishing the truth about the us and its conduct of war in iraq and afghanistan, conducting tortur