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    Has anyone news of Julian and his health? Archived Message

    Posted by margo on July 29, 2019, 11:56 am, in reply to "Re: When authorities and witnesses lie and cheat there will never be justice. nm "

    'Has anyone news of Julian and especially about his health?'

    No particular news I've come across. I've noticed some people on social media complaining to his lawyers and to WL about the lack of news. He truly is captive and utterly silenced... and has been since last year when Ecuador extra-legally shut down all his social media accounts and internet.

    Why didn't his lawyers make more of a fuss at that stage? Why do Doughty Chambers not sue for the endless (provable) defamation and slander that their client's been subject to? Some have asked his lawyers to appoint a dedicated spokesperson who could keep people informed: at the moment there is silence, broken only by occasional one-liner Tweets from Jennifer Robinson or Hraffnsson.

    The last news anyone seems to have had was from his father John Shipton. Shipton spoke outside the prison, tearful, and said he wished he could take his son in his arms and take him home. Kristinn Hrafnsson has shared a little, saying J.A. weight 'stablised'. Some weeks back, he reported Assange wears ear-plugs because he 'struggles to think' with the constant noise levels in the prison. Imagine struggling to concentrate in a noisy, toxic institutional setting while trying to prepare for a life-or-death case
    I'm amazed that sensible heads in British, Australian, Swedish govts allow this debacle to drag on and on: not a good look and one that becomes increasingly obvious and hollows out their moral high ground leverage in global institutions.

    Sweden seems a little uncomfortable: Carl Bildt's been running interference and tweeting (via Donald trump's massive platform) how squeaky clean Sweden's legal processes apparently are

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