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Journalist and publisher, Julian Assange is in dire physical and mental condition. He was to appear for his extradition hearing in London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court Thursday last, but was deemed too ill to attend either in person or via video link from Belmarsh Prison. Assange has been held in isolation since his forced extraction from the Ecuadorian embassy April 11th, with few visits being allowed for his lawyers and supporters.
On May 9th, United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer and “two medical experts specialised in examining potential victims of torture and other ill-treatment” were granted access and their assessment is a blistering indictment of both his current and would-be jailors.
Nils Melzer and the case for Julian Assange’s immediate release.
