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The Trial of Julian Assange
- A Story of Persecution
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
In July 2010, Wikileaks published Cablegate, one of the biggest leaks in the history of the US military, including evidence for war crimes and torture. In the aftermath, Julian Assange, the founder and spokesman of Wikileaks, found himself at the center of a media storm, accused of hacking and later sexual assault. He spent the next seven years in asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, fearful that he would be extradited to Sweden to face the accusations of assault and then sent to US.
At this point, Nils Melzer, UN special rapporteur on torture, started his investigation into how the US and UK governments were working together to ensure a conviction. His findings are explosive, revealing that Assange has faced grave and systematic due process violations, judicial bias, collusion and manipulated evidence. Melzer also gathered together consolidated medical evidence that proves that Assange has suffered prolonged psychological torture.
Melzer's compelling investigation puts the UK and US state into the dock, showing how, through secrecy, impunity and, crucially, public indifference, unchecked power reveals a deeply undemocratic system. Furthermore, the Assange case sets a dangerous precedent: once telling the truth becomes a crime, censorship and tyranny will inevitably follow.
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- Dan Lewis
- 11-12-22
Julian must be released
Not only has Julian not broken the law, he is being used to try and end the critique of the power structure. If he is sentenced it sends a message to all reporters of the consequences publishing the truth. In true Orwellian fashion you’d have to risk your life to publish a story on the government. Unfortunately, the US government seem to be the terrorists.
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- D. J. Brown
- 15-08-23
Important and informing.
Nils Melzer is now one of my heroes alongside Assange, Edward Snow, Matt Taibbi, Tess Lawrie, James Rugoski and others who have refused to be silenced in this era of censorship.
Freedom of speech is fundamental to our humanity and without champions like Melzer we are doomed. Not only are facts disclosed is an open and coherent manner but analysis of those facts is offered, written in a lucid, unemotional, and even entertaining way. I enjoyed the reading style too. Thoroughly recommended.
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