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The British state is destroying Assange
We must know the truth about our government’s part in Assange’s extradition, tortured confinement and slow death, writes STUART LITTLEWOOD
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
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ONCE a good looking, articulate fast thinker, now “a shambling and incoherent wreck.” Who can feel comfortable after reading Craig Murray’s alarming account of Julian Assange’s appearance at Westminster Magistrates Court this week?
Murray, a former British ambassador and diplomat, is widely respected for his truth and accuracy. He reminds us: “The charge against Julian is very specific; conspiring with Chelsea Manning to publish the Iraq War logs, the Afghanistan war logs and the State Department cables. The charges are nothing to do with Sweden, nothing to do with sex, and nothing to do with the 2016 US election…”
The purpose of this week’s hearing was to determine the timetable for the extradition proceedings. “The key points at issue were that Julian’s defence was requesting more time to prepare their evidence; and arguing that political offences were specifically excluded from the extradition treaty. There should, they argued, therefore be a preliminary hearing to determine whether the extradition treaty applied at all.”
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