More than 60 doctors sent letters to the British Interior Minister, expressing concern that WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange could die in prison because of ill health.

"We are writing this as a medical doctor, to express deep concern about Assange's physical and mental health," the 16-page open letter of more than 60 doctors addressed to the Interior Minister. Brother Priti Patel made it public today.

In the letter, a group of doctors from the US, Australia, Britain, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Sri Lanka and Poland said they made this assessment based on the witnesses' testimony at the trial on October 21 in London, as well as the November 1 report of Nils Melzer, the special rapporteur on the torture of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

In this report, Melzer said that Assange's continued abuse and coercion could cause him to "die soon".

The team of doctors asked the British authorities to transfer Assange from Belmarsh Prison in London to a university hospital to conduct intensive emergency assessments of his physical and psychological health.

"If such an emergency assessment and treatment is not carried out, we are concerned with the available evidence, that Assange could die in prison," the letter from the doctor's team wrote.

Assange, 48, an Australian citizen, was the founder of an international nonprofit organization that published WikiLeaks classified information in 2006. WikiLeaks 2010 shocked the world by publishing thousands of classified documents from the Floor. The Pentagon refers to the operation of US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The same year, WikiLeaks continued to release more than 250,000 U.S. Department of State documents containing sensitive reviews of foreign governments and politicians.

Assange fled into the Ecuadorian embassy in London, England in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden on charges of raping a woman in the country. After nearly seven years of hiding in the embassy, he was arrested by British police on April 11 after Ecuador canceled its political asylum.

On November 19, Assange was dismissed by Swedish prosecutors after rape after nearly 10 years of investigation for inconclusive evidence. However, he is currently serving a 50-week prison sentence in London for violating bail regulations and could be extradited back to the US for trial, where he could be sentenced to 175 years in prison.

During his appearance in court on October 21, Assange was confused when asked to speak, it was even harder to remember his birthday and told the judge that he did not understand what happened. Assange also complained about the conditions for his detention in Belmarsh Prison.