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He is currently held in solitary confinement, with 1 hour outside his cell per day. That is torture.

by 762236 7y ago

inetknght 7y ago
I don't think so. I spend less than an hour outside each day and I don't find my life to be torturous.
- pyridines 7y ago
  But you have a choice to spend less than an hour outside.
- colejohnson66 7y ago
  Are you spending the other 23 hours sleeping or standing? Because that’s what solitary confinement is. You get to do nothing but sleep, walk around, or use the toilet.
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- MS90 7y ago
  Do you spend the other 23 hours in an 8x5 room with cement walls and nothing but a bed and a toilet?
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- manifestsilence 7y ago
  23 hours involuntary solitary confinement is legit confirmed psychological torture. Self-inflicting that is either self-harm or else you are doing meaningful activities indoors and it's not the same thing at all.
zaarn 7y ago
And the years before he spent time in an embassy on his own free will, the solitary confinement is new.
- k1m 7y ago
  Melzer: "Mr. Assange was about as free to leave as someone sitting on a rubber boat in a shark pool." In 2016 another group of UN experts found his situation to be "arbitrary detention": > In its official Opinion, the Working Group considered that Mr. Assange had been subjected to different forms of deprivation of liberty: initial detention in Wandsworth Prison in London, followed by house arrest and then confinement at the Ecuadorean Embassy. > The experts also found that the detention was arbitrary because Mr. Assange was held in isolation at Wandsworth Prison, and because a lack of diligence by the Swedish Prosecutor’s Office in its investigations resulted in his lengthy loss of liberty. > The Working Group established that this detention violates Articles 9 and 10 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and Articles 7, 9(1), 9(3), 9(4), 10 and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Julian Assange arbitrarily detained by Sweden and the UK, UN expert panel finds https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=17013 https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?N...
  - nemo 7y ago
    He fled justice to hide in an embassy. He was fully free to leave, and should have faced justice from the start. Fugitives from justice do not enjoy pleasant conditions - that's not a strike against liberty, but a necessary condition of the rule of law.
    - DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
      Put scare quotes around "justice" and your comment will be more accurate.
    - k1m 7y ago
      I find it remarkable that so many here feel they are in a better position to assess whether Assange's human rights have been violated than experts on the topic at the UN who've spent considerable time looking into his situation.

He is currently held in solitary confinement, with 1 hour outside his cell per day. That is torture.

by 762236 7y ago

He is currently held in solitary confinement, with 1 hour outside his cell per day. That is torture.

inetknght 7y ago

I don't think so. I spend less than an hour outside each day and I don't find my life to be torturous.

pyridines 7y ago
But you have a choice to spend less than an hour outside.
colejohnson66 7y ago
Are you spending the other 23 hours sleeping or standing? Because that’s what solitary confinement is. You get to do nothing but sleep, walk around, or use the toilet.
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MS90 7y ago
Do you spend the other 23 hours in an 8x5 room with cement walls and nothing but a bed and a toilet?
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manifestsilence 7y ago
23 hours involuntary solitary confinement is legit confirmed psychological torture. Self-inflicting that is either self-harm or else you are doing meaningful activities indoors and it's not the same thing at all.

zaarn 7y ago

And the years before he spent time in an embassy on his own free will, the solitary confinement is new.

k1m 7y ago
Melzer: "Mr. Assange was about as free to leave as someone sitting on a rubber boat in a shark pool." In 2016 another group of UN experts found his situation to be "arbitrary detention": > In its official Opinion, the Working Group considered that Mr. Assange had been subjected to different forms of deprivation of liberty: initial detention in Wandsworth Prison in London, followed by house arrest and then confinement at the Ecuadorean Embassy. > The experts also found that the detention was arbitrary because Mr. Assange was held in isolation at Wandsworth Prison, and because a lack of diligence by the Swedish Prosecutor’s Office in its investigations resulted in his lengthy loss of liberty. > The Working Group established that this detention violates Articles 9 and 10 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and Articles 7, 9(1), 9(3), 9(4), 10 and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Julian Assange arbitrarily detained by Sweden and the UK, UN expert panel finds https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=17013 https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?N...
- nemo 7y ago
  He fled justice to hide in an embassy. He was fully free to leave, and should have faced justice from the start. Fugitives from justice do not enjoy pleasant conditions - that's not a strike against liberty, but a necessary condition of the rule of law.
  - DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
    Put scare quotes around "justice" and your comment will be more accurate.
  - k1m 7y ago
    I find it remarkable that so many here feel they are in a better position to assess whether Assange's human rights have been violated than experts on the topic at the UN who've spent considerable time looking into his situation.