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November 25, 2019

More than 60 Doctors Warn Assange Could Die Inside London Prison
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Dozens of doctors have written an open letter to the British home
secretary warning Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange's health is so bad
that he could die inside London's high-security Belmarsh prison. The
more than 60 doctors are calling on the British government to move
Assange to a hospital. Assange is currently jailed on charges related to
his decision to skip bail and take refuge inside the Ecuadorian Embassy
to avoid extradition to Sweden amid a sexual assault investigation that
have just been dropped for the third time. Assange now faces possible
extradition to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in
prison for his role in publishing U.S. classified documents exposing
U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. To see our recent interview
with Nils Melzer, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, about
Assange's health, click here.


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