The article implies that the 7 years he spent in the embassy prior to his arrest amounted to torture. IMO, at best we could dub his deterioration in the embass

The article implies that the 7 years he spent in the embassy prior to his arrest amounted to torture. IMO, at best we could dub his deterioration in the embassy as "self-inflicted", or more accurately institutional neglect on the part of the governments involved.