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UK: Assange Mistreated in Prison After Extradition Hearing #FreeAssange

February 26, 2020

Besides being handcuffed 11 times, he had his case files confiscated after the first day of the Woolwich hearing.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s lawyers Tuesday denounced the mistreatment of his client in prison once he left the extradition hearing held at the Woolwich Crown Court in London.

“Assange was handcuffed 11 times, stripped naked twice and had his case files confiscated,” his lawyer Edward Fitzgerald said.

“The case files, which the prisoner was reading in court on Monday, were confiscated by the guards when he later returned to prison. That same night he was placed in five cells,” he added.

Assange’s defense team appealed to Judge Vanessa Baraitser to consider such treatment as it was harming his “right to a fair trial and his ability to participate in the proceedings.”

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Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court in a trial to decide whether he will be extradited to the US to face espionage charges that he was handcuffed 11 times, stripped naked twice and had his case files confiscated in prison #Assange #WikiLeaks pic.twitter.com/ra6tgkY9OF

— BlueprintGreece (@BlueprintGreece) February 25, 2020

This opinion was also supported by James Lewis QC, the Queen’s Counsel who is acting for the U.S. authorities in this case.

“I do not want Assange to be held in a condition or experience treatment that jeopardized his right to a fair hearing.”

In response to the complaint, Judge Baraitser said she did not have “the legal power to comment or rule on Assange’s conditions,” but encouraged the defense team “to formally raise the matter with the prison.”

“I think everyone in the court agrees that this is a fair hearing,” Baraitser said, and concluded that “I would expect Assange to be treated in a way that protected his right to a fair trial.”

RELATED CONTENT: John Pilger: It is Time for Julian Assange to be Saved, Not Betrayed

Given that Donald Trump’s administration has pointed to Assange as an enemy of U.S. who “must be brought down”, his lawyers have been arguing that his life could be at risk if he is forced to face a trial in the U.S.

Featured image: Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during a protest, London, UK, Feb. 24, 2020. | Photo: EFE

Source URL: Telesur English

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