OHCHR | United Kingdom: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention expresses concern about Assange proceedings
Jonathan Cook, journalist
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The
world's leading experts on arbitrary detention note the continuing and
intensifying violations of Julian Assange's rights as he languishes in a
UK high-security prison on 'a minor bail violation'. Why aren't any in the UK media making these points?
Assange was jailed for 12 months even though the bail-related bond 'has
been lost in favour of the British Government, and Mr Assange was still
detained after violating the bail which, in any case should not stand
after the [UN's] Opinion [against his detention] was issued'.
The
panel: 'It is equally worth noting that that [the Swedish] prosecutor
did not press any charges against Mr Assange and that in 2017, after
interviewing him in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, she discontinued
investigations and brought an end to the case. ...
'Mr Assange
has been detained since 11 April 2019 in Belmarsh prison, a
high-security prison, as if he were convicted for a serious criminal
offence. This treatment appears to contravene the principles of
necessity and proportionality envisaged by the human rights standards./
