well in may neil's melzer highlighted is prison conditions as a major concern the whistleblower was saidto show an alarming the teary aeration in his mental and physical state u.k. responded saying melzer should know it interfered leaving it to quote british courts to make their judgments here's now as military can on the suffering mr sanchez face. i knew that i was going to get into a very politicized environment when i visited it i didn't know him before so i took with me to experienced medical experts of psychiatry and the forensic expert that have worked for decades in examining torture victims just to go to the objective scientific medical basis for my assessment and what they found is a person who shows all the symptoms that are typical for a person who has been exposed to prolonged psychological torture he has been exposed to public more being now that's a slippery slope you know. in a debate when it's 2 side it's more being basically something like mudslinging that's not torture yet but when you start exposing a isolated individual who cannot defend himself to a sustained campaig

nields melzer argues that us being slandered to divert attention from the revelations that wiki leakshas helped expose he also sees the whistleblower has been deprived of his fundamental rights and suffered fully fledged psychological torture during his time in the ecuadorian embassy in london i spoke to mr meltzer. some of them said it wasn't high enough on their news agenda some of them said that it was not within their core area of interest but you know there have been reporting all of them on the case of julian assange when it was about his cats and his skateboard and kind of the allegations that he smeared excrement on the walls but when you have a serious piece that actually tries to damascus this this public narrative to actually show the facts below it then they're not interested. julian assange just currently serving a 50 week sentence in the u.k. for skipping bail back in 2012 he's expected to face a u.s. extradition hearing in the spring. months and mr meltzer highlighter son just prison conditions as a major concern the whistleblower was said to show an alarming deteriorat

responded by saying melzer was wrong to interfere and should leave it quote to british courts to maketheir judgments here is it kneels that moser again on the suffering julian assange has faced. i knew that i was going to get into a very politicized environment when i visited it in a sunday i didn't know him before so i took with me to experienced medical experts of psychiatry and a forensic expert and have worked for decades in examining torture victims just to go to the objective scientific and medical basis for my assessment and what they found is a person who shows all the symptoms that are typical for a person who has been exposed to prolonged psychological torture he has been exposed to public more being now that's a slippery slope you know we're going to be in a debate when it's 2 side it's been more being basically something like mudslinging that's not torture yet but when you start exposing a isolated individual who cannot defend himself to a sustained campaign of shaming of humiliation or ridicule of even death threats and calls for his assassination and he's completely isol

officials latest report inet news melzer argues that. been slandered to divert attention from the revelations wiki leaks has helped expose he also sees the whistleblower has been deprived of a fundamental rights. special report to earlier highlighted sun just prison conditions is a major concern he's currently serving a 50 week sentence in the u.k. for skipping bail back in 2012 mr meltzer also brought up other issues last month saying lawyer visits have been limited to shorts and access to case files and documents being lacking. very happy to say we can join the military un special rapporteur on torture live to the program now you're very welcome why do you believe the mainstream media is not paying attention to your findings and in particular op-ed we've been described me. well thank you for having me i think it's a really important issue. it seems to me that the press was interested in my findings as long as i was simply criticising the government's now obviously in the case of julian the mainstream media played a major role in the pu

has condemned just treatment over the years saying the publisher has been abused persecuted niels melzer has been speaking to r.t. america. what we've seen now during my visit was already alarming and what we have seen since then is the state of health has dramatically the theory aerated predicted by a psychiatrist the company my visit what would can happen obviously in a problem of this is that it will have a reversible damage 1st on the psychological emotional level but then also on the physical level it can lead to nervous breakdowns or even actually then to cardiovascular. damage that is no longer reversible well julian this is awaiting his next to extradition hearing which is scheduled for whedon's that he's wanted by washington are in charges of soliciting and publishing classified u.s. government information if extradited unfallen guilty he could face a prison sentence of up to 175 years here snuggles melzer again. it is very important here that we speak about the risks that he would be exposed to in case of extradition to the us personally i'm convinced there is no chance he woul

government information if extradited he could face a prison sentence of up to 175 years here needles melzer again. it is very important here that we speak about the risks that he would be exposed to in case of extradition to the us personally i'm convinced there is no chance he would get a fair trial in the united states for trial certainly generally requires a presumption of innocence now i don't have to explain to you what is the public opinion about the jewel in our stance in the us after almost a decade of under a strain i would say public more being you know intimidation calls for his assassination and including by serving officials and former officials it's very difficult for him to get a unbiased impartial court hearing the fair trial also requires the gallery that he's actually being charged for something that is punishable now if you look at the 17 of the charges are under the espionage act and all of them relates to activities that any investigative journalist would conduct would be protected under i believe it's the 1st amendment of the us constitution under the freedom of press

repressive one of the most notorious prisons in great britain so yeah i mean it's neils melzer the u.n. repertory on torture and likens his condition to people who have prolonged exposure to torture solitary confinement and. the stress of being in a war zone as he when he visited julian assad with 2 medical officials who specialize in psychological torture when the brits arrest of the size of a single charge by the u.s. government was conspiracy to commit computer intrusion by helping chelsea manning hack into the pentagon then last month came 17 new. it's as i understand the u.s. a u.k. extradition treaty he can only be prosecuted for crimes for which he was extradited but chris could that disparity thwart extradition or if we do get him back here could that prevent him from being charged on anything other than that single count and not as i understand it it's interesting that the only time julian spoke at length this morning in the courtroom was to address the lesser charge because he's charged with 17 counts under the espionage act each of wood which carries a maximum turn a term of

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