In July 2010, Wikileaks published Cablegate, one of the biggest
leaks in the history of the US military, including evidence for war
crimes and torture. In the aftermath Julian Assange, the founder
and spokesman of Wikileaks, found himself at the centre of a media
storm, accused of hacking and later sexual assault. He spent the
next seven years in asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London,
fearful that he would be extradited to Sweden to face the
accusations of assault and then sent to US. In 2019, Assange was
handed over to the British police and, on the same day, the U.S.
demanded his extradition. They threatened him with up to 175 years
in prison for alleged espionage and computer fraud. At this point,
Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, started his
investigation into how the US and UK governments were working
together to ensure a conviction. His findings are explosive,
revealing that Assange has faced grave and systematic due process
violations, judicial bias, collusion and manipulated evidence. He
has been the victim of constant surveillance, defamation and
threats. Melzer also gathered together consolidated medical
evidence that proves that the prison has suffered prolonged
psychological torture. Melzer's compelling investigation puts the
UK state into the dock, showing how, through secrecy, impunity and,
crucially, public indifference, unchecked power reveals a deeply
undemocratic system. Furthermore, the Assange case sets a dangerous
precedent: once telling the truth becomes a crime, censorship and
tyranny will inevitably follow.
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