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In the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, there is evidence of political persecution, judicial arbitrariness, deliberate torture and ill-treatment.
As the UN Special rapporteur on the prevention of torture, Niels Meltzer, told Le Monde diplomatique, the states responsible for this refused to cooperate with him in carrying out investigative actions required by international law.
The official stressed that Assange was persecuted and subjected to violence for revealing the dirty secrets of the powerful, including war crimes, torture and corruption. According to Meltzer, the story of the founder of WikiLeaks has become a model of judicial arbitrariness, deliberate collusion of special services behind the backs of the public and the authorities. Assange became a victim of manipulative publications in the media with the aim of isolating, demonizing and deliberately destroying a particular person.
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