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    John Pilger's latest visit to Assange (video) Archived Message

    Posted by margo on August 21, 2019, 3:41 pm

    Pilger reports back on his latest visit to Belmarsh prison, 10 days ago, in second half of this edition of Going Underground
    ... starts at 20 minutes in.

    Isolated detention for a bail issue; delayed medical treatments; lack of reading spectacles and chance to phone certain lawyers.
    This case is billed to be the biggest extradition case of the decade. If Assange is sent to the USA, he won't be allowed any lawyers in the closed Virginia courtroom - there he will be alone and will have to speak for himself and thus it's imperative (a human right?) he's able to engage with documents:



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