- Declassified UK: Revealed: Key Assange prosecution witness is part of academic cluster which has Archived Message
Posted by sashimi
on October 2, 2020, 9:04 am
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- received millions of pounds from UK and US militaries h/t Craig Murray (quote) One of the US prosecution's key medical witnesses in the Julian Assange hearing, who claimed that Assange's risk of suicide is 'manageable' if extradited to the US, works for an academic institute that is funded by the UK Ministry of Defence and linked to the US Department of Defense, it can be revealed. * US prosecution witness works at Institute of Psychiatry funded by UK military although is not personally funded by it. * Witness leads research group which works "in collaboration" with centre set up with US Department of Defense funding. * He co-leads the group with academic whose work is often funded by UK military. * Institute's partner department is closely linked to the Anglo-American military and intelligence communities and created a course for British intelligence officers on behalf of the UK government. * Responding to Declassified, witness says: "I had no conflicts [of interest] to declare". * Revelations come following end of Old Bailey hearing on Assange's US extradition. Dr Nigel Blackwood, a Reader in forensic psychiatry at King's College London (KCL), told the extradition hearing in London last week that Julian Assange was suffering only "moderate" depression. (/quote) -- Cont'd at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-10-02-revealed-key-assange-prosecution-witness-is-part-of-academic-cluster-which-has-received-millions-of-pounds-from-uk-and-us-militaries/ |
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