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Julian Assange’s health is so bad he ‘could die in prison’, say 60 doctors | The Guardian

More than 60 doctors have written an open letter saying they fear Julian Assange’s health is so bad that the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British jail. The 48-year-old Australian is still fighting a US bid to extradite him from Britain on charges filed under the Espionage Act that could see him given a sentence of up […]

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Australia must oppose any move to extradite Julian Assange to US, Labor MP says | The Guardian

The Labor backbencher Julian Hill has declared Australia must vigorously contest any move to extradite the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States on espionage charges. Joining concerns about Assange expressed by the former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce, the Victorian Labor MP told Guardian Australia: “I do hold serious concerns about [Assange’s] situation. “He’s […]

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Julian Assange shows psychological torture symptoms, says UN expert  | The Guardian

Julian Assange is showing all the symptoms associated with prolonged exposure to psychological torture and should not be extradited to the US, according to a senior UN expert who visited him in prison. Nils Melzer, UN’s special rapporteur on torture, is expected to make his appeal to the UK government on Friday. It comes after Assange, […]

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Julian Assange too ill to appear in court via video link, lawyers say | The Guardian

Julian Assange was too ill to appear by video link for the latest hearing in relation to his possible extradition to the US, lawyers for the WikiLeaks founder told a court. Hearing is latest stage in possible extradition of WikiLeaks founder to US Source: Julian Assange too ill to appear in court via video link, lawyers […]

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US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media | The Guardian

As editor of the Guardian, I worked with Assange when we jointly (along with newspapers in the US and Europe) published other material Manning had leaked. Vanity Fair called the resultant stories “one of the greatest journalistic scoops of the last 30 years… they have changed the way people think about how the world is run”. The stories […]

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Assange showing symptoms of ‘psychological torture’: UN | Al Jazeera

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has shown “obvious” signs of the psychological torture inflicted on him due to years of confinement and persecution, according to a United Nations human rights expert. Nils Melzer, the UN rapporteur on torture visited Assange in prison in the UK, where he is currently serving a 50-week sentence for skipping bail in 2012. Melzer made the […]

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UK interior minister signs US bid to extradite Julian Assange | UK News | Al Jazeera

Julian Assange is set to face an extradition hearing in a London court on Friday after Britain’s Home Secretary Sajid Javid revealed he has given the legal green light for proceedings to go ahead. … Last month, a UN human rights expert said Assange showed “obvious” signs of psychological torture. The WikiLeaks founder will now face a court […]

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UK court sets Assange’s US extradition hearing for February 2020 | Al Jazeera

The full extradition hearing to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be sent to the United States will take place in February next year, Westminster Magistrates Court in London ruled on Friday. … He was too ill to attend a recent hearing and appeared at Friday’s hearing by video link from prison. British judge schedules full extradition hearing […]

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Doctors tell UK authorities Julian Assange ‘could die’ in jail | Al Jazeera

More than 60 doctors have written an open letter saying they feared Julian Assange‘s health was so bad that the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British prison. … The 16-page letter, published by WikiLeaks on Monday, said Assange suffers from psychological problems including depression as well as dental issues and a serious shoulder ailment. Addressing Home […]

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Julian Assange refuses to surrender to US extradition ‘for doing journalism’, he tells court | The Independent

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told a court that he does not consent to being extradited to the US “for doing journalism”. The WikiLeaks founder has been charged by American authorities with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. They claim he conspired to break into a classified Pentagon computer. Speaking via video link from Belmarsh prison, Assange told Westminster Magistrates’ Court: “I do not wish […]