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Doctors tell UK authorities Julian Assange 'could die' in jail
- Traster 7y agoIt seems astonishing to me that the UK authorities let all 60 of these doctors perform an in depth medical assessment of Assange, but if that's the conclusion they came to, we should absolutely follow their advice. >They based their assessment on "harrowing eyewitness accounts" of his October 21 court appearance in London and a November 1 report by Nils Melzer, the United Nations special rapporteur on torture. Oh right, so actually these 60 doctors have put their name to a letter despite having never even spoken to or seen Assange, but instead have decided to just take a punt. I don't know why wikileaks keep pumping out such dross (I lie, I know exactly why).
- k1m 7y agoWorth noting that Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, did visit Assange. "Melzer was accompanied during his prison visit on 9 May by two medical experts specialised in examining potential victims of torture and other ill-treatment." https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24665 https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?N... You can read the full open letter by the doctors here: https://medium.com/@doctors4assange/concerns-of-medical-doctors-about-the-plight-of-mr-julian-assange-ffb09a5dd588 https://medium.com/@doctors4assange/concerns-of-medical-doct...