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-  * 6.2 "recognise, and ensure respect of, the right of journalists to protect their sources, and develop an appropriate normative, judicial and institutional framework to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing facilitators, in line with Assembly Resolution 2300 (2019) “Improving the protection of whistleblowers all over Europe”; in this respect, consider that the detention and criminal prosecution of Mr Julian Assange sets a dangerous precedent for journalists, and join the recommendation of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment who declared, on 1 November 2019, that Mr Assange’s extradition to the United States must be barred and that he must be promptly released;"
+  * 6.2 "recognise, and ensure respect of, the right of journalists to protect their sources, and develop an appropriate normative, judicial and institutional framework to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing facilitators, in line with Assembly Resolution 2300 (2019) “Improving the protection of whistleblowers all over Europe”; in this respect, consider that the detention and criminal prosecution of Mr Julian Assange sets a dangerous precedent for journalists, and join the recommendation of the [[https://challengepower.info/nils_melzer|UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment]] who declared, on 1 November 2019, that Mr Assange’s extradition to the United States must be barred and that he must be promptly released;"
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 ====== Jurists ======
+=== IBAHRI (International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute) condemns UK treatment of Julian Assange in US extradition trial 10/03/2020 ===
+The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemns the reported mistreatment of Julian Assange during his United States extradition trial in February 2020, and urges the government of the United Kingdom to take action to protect him.
+https://www.ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail.aspx?ArticleUid=c05c57ee-1fee-47dc-99f9-26824208a750
 === International Jurists' letter in defence of Julian Assange to B.Johnson 22/02/2020 ===