https://www.news.com.au/world/europ...r/news-story/b785fd65bcdf15ca57b9235158b0abd6 WIKILEAKS publisher Julian Assange is in extremely poor health and unless he is released from the Ecuadorean embassy in London, his condition may deteriorate to the point where his life is in jeopardy. Australian lawyer Greg Barns, who is a member of Assange’s legal team and also an adviser to WikiLeaks, told iTWire that Assange had not been able to access medical treatment for six years. This was because the UK Government won’t let him leave the Ecuadorean Embassy to see a doctor, according to Mr Barns — in case he is arrested. “This is a cruel and inhumane stance from a government professing to be a liberal democracy,” Barns said. “What is remarkable is that Julian remains so mentally alert and is able to function physically given the inevitable impact of six years detention without natural light or access to fresh air on a constant basis. “However if there is not a resolution to his case — in other words, the UK guaranteeing that he will not be extradited to the US — the reality is Julian’s health will deteriorate to the point where his life is in serious danger.” According to reports, Assange is still mentally alert and able to function physically, despite enduring six years of detention and without regular exposure to sunlight or fresh air. iTWire also reported that the Australian journalists’ union, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, has not commented on Assange’s plight. Pro-Assange demonstrators mark the fifth anniversary of Julian Assange's arrival at the Embassy of Ecuador. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been holed up inside Ecuador's London embassy, since 2012. Picture: AFP Photo/Isabel Infantes Pro-Assange demonstrators mark the fifth anniversary of Julian Assange's arrival at the Embassy of Ecuador. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been holed up inside Ecuador's London embassy, since 2012. Picture: AFP Photo/Isabel InfantesSource:AFP The news comes as Ecuador is being pressured to end Assange’s asylum so he can be arrested by British police. There are reports he may be extradited to the US where Robert Mueller is understood to be looking into Assange and Wikileaks as part of his Russian election investigation. Norwegian police also said they were investigating the disappearance of the WikiLeaks founder’s associate Arjen Kamphuis, a cyber security expert. “We have started an investigation,” police spokesman Tommy Bech told AFP, adding that so far they had no clue about the Dutch citizen’s whereabouts. The police “would not speculate about what may have happened to him,” Bech said. WikiLeaks tweeted on Kamphuis’s “strange disappearance”, saying he had been missing since August 20 when he left his hotel in the northern Norwegian town of Bodo. It added that Kamphuis had a ticket for a flight departing on August 22 from Trondheim, a city located more than 700 kilometres (435 miles) south of Bodo. “The train between the two takes (approximately) 10 hours,” suggesting he disappeared either in Bodo, Trondheim or on the train, WikiLeaks said, triggering numerous conspiracy theories on Twitter.
Assange doesn't want to face justice, but he sure as hell is getting it meeted out to him while hiding out for so long, what a way to live.
What justice? BS charges generated from some bureaucrats pen? His ordeal clearly shows how thin rule of law really is in the west. Let's keep pretending that the US gov't doesn't say "fuck the rules" when it suits them best and touts the importance of rules and democracy when it's beneficial.
Maybe they are BS charges, if so, he has not much to be afraid of, so why run and hide? Running away compounds his problems of looking guilty.
Tell that to the millions of people around the world who have been framed for crimes and are rotting away in jails without any hope. Besides, no sane man would go against an enemy that can dictate the rules of the game as he sees fit and can change them on a whim. You cannot win. Giving himself up is pure suicide. I would do exactly the same if I was Assange.
WikiLeaks is viewed as a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia. Assange created a monster, now there is no hiding from the repercussions.
Based on what? Go to Wikileaks, you will find plenty of information on Russian spying. The idea is that many governments use Wikileaks to reveal information on each other, their motives do not matter What it is "viewed as" by the moronic general public who is mostly concerned about Miley Cyrus is largely irrelevant as condemning people on popular opinion is the same as going back to the middle ages ("burn the witch").