Assange: "My Convictions are Unfaltering"

Christine Assange visited her son, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, in a London prison Monday, a day before he was due to stand before a British magistrate deciding whether the Australian should be extradited to Sweden for questioning on rape and other sexual misconduct claims.

Despite "looking more ashen" in his most recent court appearance, according to journalist Heather Brooke, Assange remains unbowed by the circumstances of the proceedings against him.

In a statement, Assange said:

"My convictions are unfaltering. I remain true to the ideals I have expressed. This circumstance shall not shake them. If anything this process has increased my determination that they are true and correct. We now know that Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and others are instruments of U.S. foreign policy. It's not something we knew before. I am calling for the world to protect my work and my people from these illegal and immoral attacks."

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