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- | About Assange in [[HMP Belmarsh]](https:// | + | About Assange in [[https:// |
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=== UN expert on torture Nils Melzer === | === UN expert on torture Nils Melzer === | ||
- | UN expert visited Julian Assange at the London prison. | + | UN expert visited Julian Assange at the London prison. Nils Melzer was accompanied during his prison visit on 9 May by two medical experts specialised in examining potential victims of torture and other ill-treatment. |
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- | "Nils Melzer was accompanied during his prison visit on 9 May by two medical experts specialised in examining potential victims of torture and other ill-treatment. | + | |
The team were able to speak with Assange in confidence and to conduct a thorough medical assessment. | The team were able to speak with Assange in confidence and to conduct a thorough medical assessment. | ||
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“The evidence is overwhelming and clear,” the expert said. “Mr. Assange has been deliberately exposed, for a period of several years, to progressively severe forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the cumulative effects of which can only be described as psychological torture. | “The evidence is overwhelming and clear,” the expert said. “Mr. Assange has been deliberately exposed, for a period of several years, to progressively severe forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the cumulative effects of which can only be described as psychological torture. | ||
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+ | === Journalist John Pilger === | ||
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