UN Rapporteur for Torture: Assange Being Set Up To Be ‘Burnt at the Stake’
by Nils Melzer (swissinfo.ch)
The detention and potential extradition to the US of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is an attack on democratic principles and the freedom of the press, says the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, the Swiss Nils Melzer.
In an interview with news outlet Republikexternal link, Melzer delivered a damning indictment of the legal and political systems in the United States, Britain, Sweden and Ecuador.
UN Rapporteur for Torture: Assange Being Set Up To Be ‘Burnt at the Stake’