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- | About Assange in [[HMP Belmarsh]](https:// | + | ======Belmarsh |
- | {{:london_belmarsh_prison_aerial_view.jpg}} | + | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/ |
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+ | HMP Belmarsh | ||
+ | Western Way | ||
+ | London SE28 0EB | ||
+ | UK | ||
- | ==== Behind These Prison Walls - David Rovics | + | Location: https:// |
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+ | =====Assange in Belmarsh===== | ||
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+ | ==== Protest actions outside Belmarsh prison ==== | ||
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+ | === Behind These Prison Walls - David Rovics === | ||
Song recorded in front of Belmarsh: https:// | Song recorded in front of Belmarsh: https:// | ||
- | ==== Cleaning Woman - Cleaning Belmarsh | + | === Cleaning Woman - Cleaning Belmarsh === |
Cleaning Woman, performance artist, cleaning the walls of the Belmarsh prison: https:// | Cleaning Woman, performance artist, cleaning the walls of the Belmarsh prison: https:// | ||
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+ | === Next actions === | ||
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+ | Check out the next call for actions on [[https:// | ||
+ | Also on the [[actions_and_exhibitions|Tactics and Actions]] page. | ||
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+ | ==== Write to Julian ==== | ||
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+ | Here's how: [[Write to Julian in Belmarsh]] | ||
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+ | ==== Reporting from Belmarsh prison ==== | ||
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+ | === UN expert and Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer === | ||
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+ | UN expert visited Julian Assange at the London prison. [[https:// | ||
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+ | The team were able to speak with Assange in confidence and to conduct a thorough medical assessment. | ||
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+ | “It was obvious that Mr. Assange’s health has been seriously affected by the extremely hostile and arbitrary environment he has been exposed to for many years,” the expert said. “Most importantly, | ||
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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. | ||
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+ | From [[https:// | ||
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+ | === Journalist John Pilger === | ||
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+ | Visiting Britain' | ||
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+ | ==== More about Belmarsh ==== | ||
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+ | === Britain' | ||
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+ | In the early 2000 years, post 9/11, Belmarsh prison held terrorist suspects in extreme conditions with little regard to due process of the law, which is why it then got called Britain' | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||