It would be a “tragedy” if Assange died in London’s Belmarsh maximum security prison due to his poor health, Melzer replied when asked about such an unsettling scenario by host Afshin Rattansi. The official said he had visited Assange behind bars in May 2019 together with a team of medical …
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The footage, allegedly recorded during the anti-Covid-19 lockdown protests in Berlin on Sunday, showed the woman attempting to walk past an officer before he grabbed onto her neck with both hands and threw her forcefully to the ground. Fellow protesters could be seen in the video admonishing the officer and …
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Israel can no longer be allowed to go on with its settlement policy in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem with impunity, Michael Lynk, a UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, told the UN Human Rights Council on Friday. Such a practice goes against …
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A preliminary report from Alena Douhan – UN special rapporteur on “the impact of unilateral coercive measures” – published on Friday found that sanctions on a range of Venezuelan industries and institutions have resulted in “economic and humanitarian calamities” for the entire population, having an especially “devastating effect” for the …
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Melzer became a supporter of the WikiLeaks founder after digging into his situation in his official capacity as UN Special Rapporteur on torture. He said he is happy for Assange personally, but the Monday ruling, which denied his extradition to the US on espionage charges, was still a huge disappointment …
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An open letter to the US President was published by the UN expert on Tuesday, with Melzer joining the chorus of calls to pardon Assange. Melzer stressed that Assange is “extremely vulnerable,” with his health greatly deteriorated over the years of isolation in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, as well …
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Axel Fischer was the special Rapporteur of the PACE monitoring Committee on Ukraine. The resignation of Vice-President of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Axel Fischer, who was the special Rapporteur of the PACE monitoring Committee on Ukraine. About this Facebook said the people’s Deputy Alexey Goncharenko. “The …
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