My son may die in prison: Julian Assange's father

Moscow, Nov 9 (UNI) John Shipton, the father of WikiLeaks's founder, Julian Assange who is currently jailed in the United Kingdom, said he had visited his son saying the whistleblower might die in prison as he had been subjected "to every sort of torment."

"Julian may die in jail over a nine-year persecution for revealing the truth of war crimes ... This is not the bitter disappointment of a father, this is simply fact," Shipton told reporters in Geneva on Friday, as quoted by Daily Mail, adding that he visited Assange in jail two days ago.

After meeting with his son in prison in August, Shipton said Assange had lost weight, suffered from anxiety and had been subjected to torture.