Having been in solitary lock-up for 23 hours a day in Belmarsh prison without exercise or showers since November, and with the worst criminals, some of whom have COVID-19, he will not be extradited to the United States because conditions in the supermax in Florence, Colorado, are reportedly similar. Having been found more than a year ago by a United Nations Special Rapporteur and numerous medical specialists to be suffering mental torture, this is suddenly grounds for his release.
After Judge Vanessa Baraitser’s surprising decision, the US Department of Justice claimed its points of law at the extradition hearing had prevailed, and will pursue an appeal. Australian QC Geoffrey Robertson says that’s unlikely to succeed. The Americans’ lawyers complained to Baraitser last October that Assange’s defence team described the US as being “guilty of torture, war crimes, murder, breaches of diplomatic and international law and … is ‘a lawless state’”.
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 3:24 pm
Australia’s Foreign Minister, Marise Payne, said little
in the statement
from her department, which was a good thing, as it might
have been dangerously useful. The finding of a UK court on
whether Julian Assange would be extradited to the United
States was made “on the grounds of his mental health and
consequent suicide risk.” She does not care to mention the
actual details of the case, the fact that the decision
by District Judge Vanessa Baraitser, while blocking the
extradition, was nastily focused against
journalism.
Payne insists on objective distance from
the proceedings. “Australia is not a party to the case and
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