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The Political persecution of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks
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Collective persecution
Honest Government Ad: Assange, by Juice Media
Satirist Juice Media tells it like it is : All America's bitches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1efOs0BsE0g&cc_load_policy=1&cc_lang_pref=fr
UN expert says "collective persecution" of Julian Assange must end now (May 2019)
“In 20 years of work with victims of war, violence and political persecution I have never seen a group of democratic States ganging up to deliberately isolate, demonise and abuse a single individual for such a long time and with so little regard for human dignity and the rule of law,” Melzer said. “The collective persecution of Julian Assange must end here and now!”
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24665
Years of Arbitrary detention
The siege of Julian Assange is a farce - a special investigation (Nov 2014)
by John Pilger http://johnpilger.com/articles/the-siege-of-julian-assange-is-a-farce-a-special-investigation
59 International Organizations Call Upon UN to Remedy Human Rights Violations in Pre-Charge Detention of Wikileaks Publisher Julian Assange (2014)
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention deems the deprivation of liberty of Mr Assange arbitrary (Feb 2016)
Threats to Assange life
High-level U.S. government officials, including Clinton and Biden, have called for the assassination of Assange and to list WikiLeaks as a terrorist organization
A video compilation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuQW0US2sJw
Fury over BBC writer's 'kill Assange' tweet (2015)
The writer of the BBC's new comedy inspired by Julian Assange once called for the police to publicly shoot the Wikileaks founder in the head. Supporters of Assange say tweets Thom Phipps posted about him were 'shocking' and 'dangerous' – and make him unfit to write about the issue.
https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2015/01/30/21744/fury_over_bbc_writers_kill_assange_tweet
Threats to supporters and friends
Snowden Docs reveal covert surveillance and pressure tactics aimed at WikiLeaks and its supporters
By Glenn Greenwald and Ryan Gallagher, 2014
Top-secret documents from the National Security Agency and its British counterpart reveal for the first time how the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom targeted WikiLeaks and other activist groups with tactics ranging from covert surveillance to prosecution.
Free Ola Bini
Swedish programmer, privacy activist and friend of Assange, Ola Bini was arrested in Ecuador, where he was living, on the same day Assange was arrested by the UK authorities at the Ecuadorian embassy, in April 2019, for “alleged participation in the crime of assault on the integrity of computer systems” of Ecuador for which there are no proofs and he was arbitrarily detained.
Spying
Damages on Assange's health / Access to healthcare denied
WikiLeaks medical reports
14 Sept 2016
WikiLeaks releases confidential medical and psychological reports concerning our editor Julian Assange's situation. This part one publication consists of three documents: a twenty-seven page psycho-social and medical assessment from 10 November 2015, a report from Mr. Assange's physician from 8 December 2015 and a dentist's report from 31 July 2015. The in-depth assessment of the psychological and physical effects that the severely restrictive conditions of confinement within the small premises of the Embassy have had on Mr. Assange is by far the most detailed insight into the circumstances of his life inside the Embassy --including the multi-million dollar covert operation the United Kingdom admits to subjecting him to. He has been deprived of his liberty since 7 December 2010. He has not been charged with an offence.
The deterioration of Mr. Assange's physical health has arisen as a result of the extremely restrictive conditions of his confinement. The United Kingdom has formally refused safe access to even the most basic hospital diagnostics.
Access to medical care, a human right, must also be guaranteed to Julian Assange
Doctor Sean Love, 2018
https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/06/22/sean-love-access-medical-care-must-guaranteed-julian-assange/
Letter by Doctor Sondra Crosby
A letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in April 2019, asking her office look into the case of Assange, who according to doctor Crosby is denied the fundamental right to health accorded to him as a refugee.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5912322-UNHCHR-Final.html
Julian Assange suffered severe psychological and physical harm in Ecuadorian embassy, doctors say
by James Risen, The Intercept, April 15 2019 https://theintercept.com/2019/04/15/julian-assange-health-medical-care/
UN expert on torture sounds alarm again that Julian Assange’s life may be at risk (Nov 2019)
End torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange
Published in The Lancet Feb 2020
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30383-4/fulltext
Extradition trial witness statements
During Assange's extradition hearing in London in 2020, his defence team called several witnesses, including doctors who were asked to comment on the psychological and physical state of Julian Assange, the harm that was done to him over years of political persecution and arbitrary detention, and the dangers an extradition to the U.S would represent for his health and safety.
Smears and Mistreatment by media
‘Media Freedom’ Campaign Pushes Magnitsky Sanctions – But Ignores Case of Julian Assange
Assange considers law suit against UK Deputy Prime Minister
Debunking all the Assange smears
by Caitlin Johnstone, 2019
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/debunking-all-the-assange-smears-a549fd677cac