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Amnesty International Resists Calls To Designate Assange A 'Prisoner Of Conscience' As Extradition Looms

Photo by Mohamed Elmaazi, NUJ member This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become a monthly subscriber [https://thedissenter.org/march-2022] to help us continue our independent journalism. The international human rights organization Amnesty International has resisted calls to designate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a "prisoner

At Assange Extradition Trial, Prosecution Downplays Abusive Supermax Prison Conditions

Lead prosecutor James Lewis focused on a prior ruling by European Court of Human Rights on supermax prisons that clearly sided with the U.S. government.