Julian Assange Put on Suicide Watch, Father Says
After British Home Secretary Priti Patel signed Julian Assange’s extradition order on Friday (June 17) the authorities in Belmarsh prison stripped Julian Assange and threw him into a completely empty cell in an attempt to prevent his suicide, Assange’s father has said.
It was just one more instance in which the prison humiliated his son, Shipton told a rally on Tuesday (June 21) night at the offices of the junge Welt newspaper in Berlin.
About 300 people attended, with an overflow crowd watching on close circuit TV in the courtyard.
Testimony was heard from expert defense witnesses during Assange’s extradition hearing that he might try to end his life in prison once he learned he was going to the United States.
It is not the end of the road for Assange legally, however.
His lawyers have until July 1 to file for an appeal of Patel’s decision to the High Court.
They also intend to apply for a cross appeal of issues such as the political nature of the charges, the threat to free speech and the reported C.I.A. plot to kidnap or kill Assange before his arrest.
Shipton and Gabriel Shipton, Assange’s brother, are in Berlin to lobby the German government to put pressure on the United States to drop the case against Assange
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