Belmarsh Prison
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Her Majesty's Prison Belmarsh is a high-security men's prison in South London where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is remanded.
Belmarsh Prison has been termed Britain's Guantanamo Bay.[1]
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Julian Assange denied access to lawyers, visitors in Britain’s Belmarsh prison | Article | 24 April 2019 | Oscar Grenfell | Chelsea Manning’s punitive detention is a warning of the treatment that will be meted out to Julian Assange if he is extradited to the US |
| Document:Julian Assange exposed the crimes of powerful actors, including Israel | blog post | 19 April 2019 | Alison Weir | Julian Assange has recently been honoured with the 2019 Award for Journalists, Whistleblowers & Defenders of the Right to Information and Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire has nominated him for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. |
| Document:Media Freedom? Show me the MSM Journalist Opposing the Torture of Assange | blog post | 7 September 2020 | Craig Murray | At a time when the government is mooting designating Extinction Rebellion as Serious Organised Crime, right wing bequiffed muppet Keir Starmer was piously condemning the group, stating: “The free press is the cornerstone of democracy and we must do all we can to protect it.” |
| Document:The Health of Julian Assange: A Case of State-sponsored Neglect | Article | 25 February 2020 | Nina Cross | Professor Nils Melzer: “It was obvious that Mr Assange’s health has been seriously affected by the extremely hostile and arbitrary environment he has been exposed to for many years,” … “Most importantly, in addition to physical ailments, Mr Assange showed all symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture, including extreme stress, chronic anxiety and intense psychological trauma." |
| Document:UN expert says "collective persecution" of Julian Assange must end now | Report | 31 May 2019 | Nils Melzer | “In 20 years of work with victims of war, violence and political persecution I have never seen a group of democratic States ganging up to deliberately isolate, demonise and abuse a single individual for such a long time and with so little regard for human dignity and the rule of law,” Professor Melzer said. “The collective persecution of Julian Assange must end here and now!" |
| Document:Your Man in the Public Gallery: the Assange Hearing Day 6 | blog post | 2 March 2020 | Craig Murray | If you asked me to sum up today in a word, that word would undoubtedly be “railroaded”. it was all about pushing through the hearing as quickly as possible and with as little public exposure as possible to what is happening. Access denied, adjournment denied, exposition of defence evidence denied, removal of superseding indictment charges denied. |
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