#Thread A few significant excerpts from @NilsMelzer’s follow-up letter to #Sweden copied to UN Human Rights Council spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/… The real reason #Assange was forced to seek asylum in #Ecuador’s embassy: Sweden & UK conspired to block any appeal to international courts 
@NilsMelzer 2. All the UK govt’s talk of “hypothetical” extradition to the US was a bald-faced lie, one even made the day before #Assange’s asylum was illegally rescinded by #Ecuador (with UK's collusion) & the US extradition request magically appeared within hours spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…
@NilsMelzer 3. “The manner in which #Sweden conducted its preliminary investigation against Mr #Assange was the primary factor that triggered, enabled & encouraged the subsequent campaign, the cumulative effects of which can only be described as psychological torture” spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…
@NilsMelzer 4. “Without the arbitrariness of the Swedish investigation, Mr #Assange most likely would not have been exposed to abuse and defamation amounting to #torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”—@NilsMelzer spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/… #Sweden #FreeAssangeNOW
@NilsMelzer 5. The absolute prohibition against refoulement in the Convention Against #Torture is stronger than, and strengthens, the same prohibition in refugee law, and non-refoulement under CAT must be assessed independently of asylee status spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/… #Assange #NoExtradition
