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Chris Hedges: Stella Assange Speaks Out on the Conditions of Julian Assange’s Imprisonment

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SCHEERPOST, September 14, 2023

Julian Assange has languished in Belmarsh Prison in the UK since 2019 as he fights extradition to the US to face prosecution under the Espionage Act.

Prison is always a political tool, and in the case of whistleblowers like Julian Assange, the use of incarceration to suppress, discourage, and silence dissent is self-evident. Since being imprisoned, Assange has married and even started a family—but has been kept apart from his wife and children. In the second part of a two-part conversation, Stella Assange and Chris Hedges discuss the conditions of Julian’s incarceration, and how it offers a glimpse into the overall brutality of the prison system……………………………………………………

more https://scheerpost.com/2023/09/14/chris-hedges-stella-assange-speaks-out-on-the-conditions-of-julian-assanges-imprisonment/—

September 16, 2023 - Posted by | civil liberties, UK

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