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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
DEMANDS for Julian Assange to be freed from prison are being stepped up amid warnings that the WikiLeaks founder is suffering “severe psychological abuse.”
A group of doctors representing over 250 medical professionals from 35 countries wrote to US President Joe Biden today, urging him to drop charges against Mr Assange under the Espionage Act.
They said: “Mr Assange continues to suffer serious, life-threatening effects of the psychological torture he has been subjected to for more than a decade.”
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
Mental health fears push Peers to change law on IPP torture sentences, reports Charley Allan
