Julian Assange is suffering 'psychological torture' and should not be extradited to the US, the UN's torture expert said
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Melzer appealed to the British Government not to extradite Assange to the US "or to any other State failing to provide reliable guarantees against his onward transfer to the United States." Read more:Julian Assange is being held in the UK's most notorious prison that was once known as 'Britain's Guantanamo Bay' He said that his "urgent concern" is that "in the United States, Mr. Assange would be exposed to a real risk of serious violations of his human rights, including of his freedom of expression, his right to a fair trial, and the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." A police van outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London after Assange was arrested by British police.
As said here by Sin?ad Baker