1) Pre-existing medical issues as result of:
- arbitrary detention (@UN WGAD);
- solitary confinement;
- prolonged & continuing psychological torture (@NilsMelzer); &
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- on the basis of which @Doctors4Assange raised concerns with UK (@patel4witham) & Aus (@MarisePayne) Govs, directly & in @TheLancet , that “Assange may die in prison”.
&
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- Prof Richard Coker, of @LSHTM , on “substantial risk of virus spreading at particularly fast rate” in prisons;
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- @TheHowardLeague for Penal Reform on need to protect inmates given “unhygienic” prison conditions; &
- @Doctors4Assange letter to Aus gov requesting that ...
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Medically, legally, ethically, & morally, Assange should be granted bail tomorrow.
Politically, will this be enough?
Or, will UK legal system's disproportionate treatment continue?
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