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Julian Assange has developed a serious heart and lung conditions after two years’ confinement at the Ecuadorian embassy, it has been claimed.

Supporters want the fugitive Wikileaks founder to leave the London building for hospital treatment, but complain he will be arrested if he tries to do so.

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They say after being unable to go outside and living in an air-conditioned atmosphere, the Australian anti-secrecy campaigner is suffering from arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, a chronic cough and high blood pressure.

Lack of sunshine has left him with a Vitamin D deficiency that could lead to asthma, diabetes, weak bones and other conditions, WikiLeaks sources claim.

The 43-year-old, has lived at the embassy in Knightsbridge since Ecuador gave him asylum in 2012. The British government wants to extradite him to Sweden under a European Arrest Warrant issued over sexual assault allegations