- Julian Assange/Belmarsh/Covid-19 Archived Message
- Julian Assange/Belmarsh/Covid-19 - Mary May 19, 2020, 10:10 am
- Re: Julian Assange/Belmarsh/Covid-19 - margo May 19, 2020, 3:13 pm
Posted by Mary
on May 19, 2020, 10:10 am
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'Assange is already in a precarious position, alongside all other UK prisoners. Belmarsh is a high-security Category A facility and, as with all other prisons in the UK, inmates there are at risk to infection from coronavirus (Covid-19). On 28 April, the BBC reported that there were “1,783 “possible/probable” cases of coronavirus – on top of 304 confirmed infections across jails in England and Wales”. Also that there were “75 different “custodial institutions”, with 35 inmates treated in hospital and 15 deaths”. Vaughan Smith, who stood bail for Assange, reported that the virus was “ripping through” Belmarsh: We know of two Covid-19 deaths in Belmarsh so far, though the Department of Justice have admitted to only one death. Julian told me that there have been more and that the virus is ripping through the prison. https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/05/10/from-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire-the-torture-that-awaits-julian-assange-in-the-us/ Pity Julian. It's unimaginable. |
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