Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, is being held at Belmarsh Prison in connection with a US extradition request on espionage charges. This is the price demanded for doing the job that the mainstream press has consistently failed to do - report on war crimes and atrocities.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, said:
“The blatant and sustained arbitrariness shown by both the judiciary and the Government in this case suggests an alarming departure from the UK’s commitment to human rights and the rule of law. This is setting a worrying example, which is further reinforced by the Government’s recent refusal to conduct the long-awaited judicial inquiry into British involvement in the CIA torture and rendition programme.
“In my view, this case has never been about Mr. Assange’s guilt or innocence, but about making him pay the price for exposing serious governmental misconduct, including alleged war crimes and corruption."
Source:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25249&LangID=
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