- US strongly rejects UN Rapporteur arguments on Assange Archived Message
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- US strongly rejects UN Rapporteur arguments on Assange - margo July 28, 2019, 12:31 pm
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on July 28, 2019, 12:31 pm, in reply to "Carl Bildt of Sweden tweets on 'rule of law' and 'independent judiciary'"
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from today's Sydney Morning Herald: US rejects Nils Melzer's report  Previous Message"The United States government has promised that Julian Assange will get a fair trial on espionage charges, rejecting the accusation of a United Nations expert that the administration “intends to make an example of him” with excessive charges and jail time. "It has challenged the assessment of the expert, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer, that Assange would “be exposed to a real risk of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” if he ended up in a US jail. [...] In May... Melzer concluded that the US, Britain, Sweden and Ecuador shared responsibility for the “psychological torture” of Assange. "On Sunday new details emerged of Melzer’s conclusions, after the publication of letters that Melzer sent to the respective governments of those countries. The UN Human Rights Commissioner also published two responses received from the US and Sweden which strongly rejected Melzer's claims and arguments." LINK https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/us-wants-to-make-an-example-of-assange-in-jail-un-expert-claims-20190728-p52bl9.html Trump talks about "the death penalty" in relation to Wikileaks/Assange ( video dates back to 2010; last week Trump reinstated death penalty): |
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