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Ahead of a vigil held outside the Eucuador embassy in London last night, the lawyers called for the United Nations to intervene on his sixth anniversary as an asylum seeker. Mr Assange’s team of lawyers claimed doctors have confirmed his protracted confinement in the Ecuador’s London embassy is having a severe impact on the journalist’s physical and mental health. Calling for the intervention of the UN’s Human Rights Council, they argued the UK is forcing Mr Assange, 46, to make an “impossible” choice. Human rights barrister Jennifer Robinson of Doughty Street Chambers, representing the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, said: “The UK shows a deliberate disregard for his medical needs by forcing him to choose between his human right to asylum and his human right to medical treatment.

The UK shows a deliberate disregard for his medical needs by forcing him to choose between his human right to asylum and his human right to medical treatment Human rights barrister Jennifer Robinson

“No-one should ever have to make this choice. “We call upon the special rapporteur to give immediate attention to Mr Assange’s case, to plan an official visit to the Ecuador Embassy and to urge the UK to give the assurances required for him to leave the embassy to obtain the medical treatment he requires.” The accusation to London follows a British judge’s decision taken in February to rule against withdrawing the arrest warrant held by Britain against Mr Assange. The WikiLeaks founder risks being arrested by the UK police if he walks on British soil because he skipped bail to enter the Ecuadorian embassy in 2012.

Assange's lawyers accused the UK of forcing the founder of WikiLeaks to make an 'impossible choice'

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On that year, Mr Assange sought political asylum amid fears he could be extradited to the US and prosecuted over his role in releasing millions of documents including papers disclosing secrets information on the Afghanistan war. Mrs Robinson said in February: “It is and has always been about the risk of extradition to the US. “And that risk remains real. No one can credibly deny that risk.” The WikiLeaks founder’s sixth anniversary in the embassy will be marked by a vigil set to be attended by high-profile personalities.

Mr Assange sought asylum in the Ecuador's embassy in 2012