I thought he would be released from remand when the Swedish charges were dropped.
And then expected the UK gov to keep him at a psychiatric ward as he seems a little unstable which they could embellish.
Did not expect him to still be in Belmarsh.
And then expected the UK gov to keep him at a psychiatric ward as he seems a little unstable which they could embellish.
Did not expect him to still be in Belmarsh.
The UK spent 10s of millions on policing costs monitoring abscondment.
It is entirely right that he is serving a sentence as for reasons of deterrence.
Made his bed and now has to lie in it.
A good question is whether he needs to be held in a maximum security facility. He's a bail flight risk, but is he an escape risk? I would think he's at most a moderate escape risk (has some capabilities and has shown his contempt for the legal system previously) and would be fine in something less than maximum security (so long as protective custody could be maintained).
I do know Assange has a competent legal team that would fight his being held in maximum security if Assange wanted them too. I wonder why he hasn't instructed them to do so.
HMPS are solely responsible for the conditions in which somebody is held, the legal team can do nothing for him.
> "...although Assange was not being held in solitary confinement at HMP Belmarsh..."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/julian-assan...
They didn't have to. The fact they chose to throw ridiculous amount of money away besieging some guy because US dislikes him, is on them, not on Assange.
It's obvious what's going on here, nevermind the "see nothing hear nothing" attitude that's on display.
How many others were as high profile? The law has to be seen to be enforced.