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Assange is not in solitary confinement, please don't spread falsehoods
by JoeSmithson 6y ago
Assange is not in solitary confinement, please don't spread falsehoods
- kekebo 6y agoHe used to be until end of january this year. While outdated it's not a falsehood per se.
- nickysielicki 6y agoThanks for this, I hadn't seen the news that he had been moved out of solitary confinement. I'm happy to be wrong, that's good news. I'll edit the parent comment. > Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is no longer being kept in solitary confinement and his health is improving, his spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson told reporters on Tuesday. - Feb. 2020 [1] [1]: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/wikileaks-founder-assanges-health-improving-in-prison-spokesman-idUSKBN20C19Q https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/wikileaks...
- JoeSmithson 6y agoI don't believe he was in solitary confinement up until then. Here is the UN (Nils Melzer) saying he is not, in May 2019 [0] > "Although Assange is not held in solitary confinement..." There were photo leaks early on showing Assange interacting with other prisoners, with the leaker saying he was popular. I believe what Wikileaks refer to as "solitary confinement" is being put on the medical wing, and not in his normal cell. Obviously Wikileaks are interested in making his imprisonment seem as harsh as possible. [0] https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24665 https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?N...