considering the possibility of an infection outbreak in overcrowded belmarsh prison you understand his health condition after almost 7 years of imprisonment he should be released immediately the peculiarity of the prison is that there is a large turnover of people besides it's overcrowded already so prisoners are in close contact with each other the british government itself warns about the situation can appear in prisons in all countries besides saunders not convicted officially in britain he's just going through an extradition process he hasn't been convicted he's not serving a sentence. if during the sarge is extradited to the u.s. he could face up to 175 years in prison for leaking confidential data lawyers fear is hearing a possible trial that could be politically motivated over his publishing of alleged u.s. war crimes on wednesday the judge looking into a scientist bail declared he still posed a flight risk but a former you're an expert on arbitrated tension told r.t. that the coronavirus pandemic right now means that argument falls flat. 1st of all she sought refuge asylum in a

are left to sort things out for themselves amid this pandemic meanwhile at belmarsh prison a frail julian a songe sits in his jail cell after bail for the wiki leaks co-founder was denied for more on this we will go to former u.k. m.p. george galloway george let's start with parliament going dark for the next month before m.p.'s decided to pack it up did they pass any sort of bills to help the people who will suffer from the fallout of this virus shutdown. well no bills required under our system the government has the power to make these orders and they have they 1st of all injected 330000000000 pounds into the british economy mainly through state backed loans rather than hard cash then they dealt with the self-employed belatedly to day and then a very controversial with will be a lot more trouble still to come turns out there's 4 and a half 5000000 people in britain who are self employed and they were the last to be dealt with but the state is paying 80 percent of wage war course wages for the foreseeable future and it has of course or the shut down of all non essential economic activity

at risk from coronavirus but that request for bail has been denied as long as he is being held at belmarsh prison in south london awaiting possible extradition to the u.s. so at his detention concerns have been raised over the 48 year old's health last year the un special rapporteur on torture kneels meltzer claimed asylum showed signs of it's like a logical torture assad is currently facing 18 charges including conspiracy to hack a government computer which his team strongly denies. well i'm now joined by human rights activist craig murray to discuss julian assange she's case craig thank you for joining us to me it sounds like julian assange and his health is at risk from the virus but is there really a chance he could be released or not unfortunately the magistrate has already turned. occasion for bail haven't given it if we can situation so he's going to have at the moment it looks like he's going to have to stay and don't like them skirting jail throughout the code with one tonight that well it how at risk is he if you could describe the situation when he's been a fugitive and a prison

considering the possibility of an infection outbreak an overcrowded belmarsh prison under sanjay's health condition after almost 7 years of imprisonment he should be released immediately besides sondra is not convicted officially in britain he's just going through the extradition process he hasn't been convicted he is not serving a sentence. worth paramatta course if julius is extradited to the united states he could face up to 175 years in prison for leaking confidential data lawyers fears hearing and possible trial there could be politically motivated over his publishing of alleged u.s. war crimes on wednesday the judge looking into his songes bail declared that he still posed a flight risk but a former u.n. expert an opportunity tension told r.t. that the coronavirus pandemic means that that argument falls flat. 1st of all she sought refuge asylum in an at an american embassy well. is it likely that he could seek refuge in refuge in any similar embassy and now i don't think so and secondly it's free movement much more restricted today than it has been only a month ago so the likelihood

how frightened are you for julian assange can i just as the founder of wiki leaks given he's in belmarsh prison and governors of prisons in this country obviously are worried about the spread of coronavirus i'm extremely worried about truly moon for many many. i mean initially it seemed that they were imposing a regime not really cheating on him in that prison which could have led to him know the depths that his order number of doctors said and then the governor of the prison. brutish rager who none of the judges wanted to try to change because it's not neagle that the governor's domain which is not that good for breast baring befall them is not an offense state to give evidence they have every right to challenge. the governor of the prince who julian is deliberately being mistreated the case is completely manufactured new cement so the un report on torture has made a very powerful intervention saying that the what took place in sweden when he was accused of rape something you always deny was offending crap and processed and designed to discredit him and lose all which was relatively suc

from the 4 walls of the embassy to the 4 walls of a jail cell as someone who was taken to london's belmarsh prison and handed an exceptional sentence in britain by or violations seldom need to prison sentences they're generally subject only to fines. by contrast was sentenced in summary proceedings to 50 weeks in a maximum security prison clearly a disproportionate penalty that had only a single purpose holding a century long enough for the us to prepare the espionage case against him betrayed by acquittal feeling let down by the legal system a saw and now claimed his fundamental human rights were under attack he was put in solitary confinement for up to 23 hours a day the un and rights groups were in disbelief and some feared for more than just his freedom we have real concerns on the evidence currently available that mr a staunch could die in prison the medical situation is there by urgent there is no time to lose against this backdrop is it surprising that suspicion swallowing around the extradition trial especially given the u.s. u.k. treaty clearly states no citizen can be extradited t

is at risk from corona virus but the request for bail has been delayed assault has been held at belmarsh prison in south london awaiting possible extradition to the us throughout his detention consensus be raised over the 48 year old's health last year the un special rapporteur on torture deals meltzer claimed showed signs of psychological torture assad is currently facing 18 charges including conspiracy to hack a government computer which his team strongly denies kristen schnapps a wiki leaks editor in chief hit out of the decision not to release him we can't know the strongest possible to the decision today not to release. little it is just an issue made in light of the cries that we are now facing. other countries of abusing prisoners of countries like iran well the boris johnson government is doing nothing of the sort all prisoners who are facing the end of the drugs with underlying illnesses or elderly should be released right. and of course was prisoner and it is a jew this was just course is aunt beata. he has suffered enough 10 years. in a very poor health is a very vulnerable in

belmarsh awaiting a possible extradition to the united states so at the duration of his detention concerns have been raised over the health of the we can leaks founder last year the un special rapporteur on torture and kneels meltzer claimed that asylum showed signs of psychological torture a soldier is currently facing 18 charges including conspiracy to hack a government computer which his team strongly denies or for more on this issue abi joined by former diplomat and campaigner craig mari that'll be in just over an hour. well other countries around the globe are struggling to contain the corona virus pandemic germany is facing a big number of virus cases but it's been managing to keep the mortality rate low compared to spain artie's europe correspondent major oliver looks at how both countries are dealing with the outbreak here in berlin we haven't seen the type of lock down that's been put in place in other parts of europe although social distancing itself isolation being practiced germany thankfully hasn't seen the type of cases and fatalities of covert 19 that have been seen in count

request for bail denied having no idea that he's at risk of coronavirus as large as being held at belmarsh prison in south london awaiting possible extradition to the us scientists currently facing 18 charges including conspiracy to hack a government computer which his teams founded and allies throughout his detention concerns have been raised over the 48 year old health or former u.n. expert on detention professor at math and then us things should be released on both medical and legal grounds the extreme isolation the sarge is under was criticised by the united nations special rubber turners and the working group bob trade attention as far back as in 2010 so he's 1st part of all of detention in 2010 in isolation not completely different from from now and the un looked at it and the un next expert said this is disproportionate it is disproportionate to such an extent that it constitutes arbitrary detention that much at risk is he i mean he's been a fugitive in prison and i just said that it's almost 10 years what toll has this taken on him that that's the apps that is the most important po

julian assange has been incarcerated in london's belmarsh prison since last september where he firsterved a 50-week jail sentence for breaching his bail conditions. since 2012, he had taken refuge in ecuador's london embassy to avoid extradition to sweden over sexual assault allegations. during his time in the ecuadoran embassy, assange was reportedly spied on by a spanish security firm. julian assange says the cia was behind the illegal 24/7 surveillance. for more, we're joined by one of the people who was spied on, jennifer robinson human rights , a attorney who has been advising julian assange and wikileaks since 2010. welcome to democracy now! thank you for joining us from london. can you describe the four days of hearing, just physically in the courtroom in london and what julian assange faces? obviously, we have had a week of hearings. faces 100 75e years in prison per publications back in 2010 that were released to wikileaks by chelsea manning. it is important remember what this case is about in the publications to which is been prosecuted and sought for extradition. that incl