Julian Assange very ill due to ‘psychological torture’, says UN
He shows ‘all the symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture, including chronic anxiety and intense psychological trauma’
31 May 2019 - 12:59
Geneva — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has suffered “psychological torture” from a defamation campaign against him by the media, judges and senior political figures, a UN human rights investigator said on Friday.
Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture who visited Assange in a high-security London prison on May 9, voiced concern at fresh US criminal charges laid against Assange and reiterated a call for him not to be extradited...
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