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Assange displayed signs of torture in courtroom farce

32 points by AndrewBissell 7y ago

simonblack 7y ago
A replay of the White Rose saga? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose
- AndrewBissell 7y ago
  Our government seems to have figured out how to carry out torture and execution of dissident journalists without actually dropping a guillotine's blade.
- averros 7y ago
  "The government—or rather, the party—controlled everything: the news media, arms, police, the armed forces, the judiciary system, communications, travel, all levels of education from kindergarten to universities, all cultural and religious institutions. Political indoctrination started at a very early age, and continued by means of the Hitler Youth with the ultimate goal of complete mind control. Children were exhorted in school to denounce even their own parents for derogatory remarks about Hitler or Nazi ideology. — George J. Wittenstein, M.D., "Memories of the White Rose", 1979[6]" Hmmm... that does remind me of something going on right now.
campfireveteran 7y ago
Enemies of the state shall be extorted, silenced, tortured and murdered slowly if outright assassination isn't a viable option.
dTal 7y ago
If you're just skimming HN, the title doesn't do it justice. The "courtroom farce" part makes up the bulk of the article. tl;dr the magistrate in charge of this court hearing was nakedly taking ongoing instructions from the US embassy, and ignoring procedural irregularities such as the CIA spying on Assange's private legal counsel. Any appearance of "procedure" here is only to lend a thin veneer of legitimacy to extra-legal bullying of Assange by the US.
- NotSammyHagar 7y ago
  why would the court do that? Clearly many people in the UK think the us is lead by a stupid idiot. They are no one's pawn, at least in general.
IXxXI 7y ago
I wish america had stepped in and extradited Assange. At least he may have been treated humanely.

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Assange displayed signs of torture in courtroom farce

32 points by AndrewBissell 7y ago

simonblack 7y ago
A replay of the White Rose saga? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose
- AndrewBissell 7y ago
  Our government seems to have figured out how to carry out torture and execution of dissident journalists without actually dropping a guillotine's blade.
- averros 7y ago
  "The government—or rather, the party—controlled everything: the news media, arms, police, the armed forces, the judiciary system, communications, travel, all levels of education from kindergarten to universities, all cultural and religious institutions. Political indoctrination started at a very early age, and continued by means of the Hitler Youth with the ultimate goal of complete mind control. Children were exhorted in school to denounce even their own parents for derogatory remarks about Hitler or Nazi ideology. — George J. Wittenstein, M.D., "Memories of the White Rose", 1979[6]" Hmmm... that does remind me of something going on right now.
campfireveteran 7y ago
Enemies of the state shall be extorted, silenced, tortured and murdered slowly if outright assassination isn't a viable option.
dTal 7y ago
If you're just skimming HN, the title doesn't do it justice. The "courtroom farce" part makes up the bulk of the article. tl;dr the magistrate in charge of this court hearing was nakedly taking ongoing instructions from the US embassy, and ignoring procedural irregularities such as the CIA spying on Assange's private legal counsel. Any appearance of "procedure" here is only to lend a thin veneer of legitimacy to extra-legal bullying of Assange by the US.
- NotSammyHagar 7y ago
  why would the court do that? Clearly many people in the UK think the us is lead by a stupid idiot. They are no one's pawn, at least in general.
IXxXI 7y ago
I wish america had stepped in and extradited Assange. At least he may have been treated humanely.