The Trial of Julian Assange

A Story of Persecution

By: Nils Melzer

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Paperback | 3 April 2023

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Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, uncovers a systematic campaign to persecute Assange. He reveals that Assange has faced grave and systematic due process violations, judicial bias, collusion and manipulated evidence. He has been the victim of constant surveillance, defamation and threats. Melzer also gathered together consolidated medical evidence that proves that the prison has suffered prolonged psychological torture.

Melzer's compelling investigation puts the UK and US state into the dock, showing how, through secrecy, impunity and, crucially, public indifference, unchecked power reveals a deeply undemocratic system. Furthermore, the Assange case sets a dangerous precedent: once telling the truth becomes a crime, censorship and tyranny will inevitably follow.

About the Author

Nils Melzer is a Swiss Professor, author and advocate in international law. He has served in various war contexts as legal advisor to the International Committee of the Red Cross and as security policy advisor to the Swiss government. In 2016, he was appointed the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture.

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"This is a landmark book, the first by a senior international official to call out the criminality of Western governments, and their craven media echoes, in the persecution of Julian Assange. Mark the word, persecution, says Nils Melzer, as well as "our" responsibility for the ravages inflicted on an heroic man for telling forbidden truths and on democracy itself." -John Pilger

"Melzer, a brave and honest man, tells the whole truth about the brutality and illegality of what is being done to Julian Assange. Read this book." - Brian Eno

"This is a harrowing account of a corruption of justice that crosses not only borders, but the United Nations itself. Melzer's work is an urgent corrective to a false history - and an act of public service." - Edward Snowden

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