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>who were collaborating in a decade of torture; that he had to be protected by Ecuador is an utter shame.

Oh come on. No matter your opinion on the whole situation you can't say sitting in an Ecuadorian embassy is torture lol. Dude had his girlfriend, internet, and pets. Calling the self imposed stay torture is beyond absurd. BFFR

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Yes torture. Among many others here's the UN Human Rights Commissioner's office on the Assange situation: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/11/un-expert-to...

His mental health deteriorated a while back.

A self imposed exile inside an embassy and then 5 years in a British prison isn't torture. Trying to say that waters down what the word actually means.

>His mental health deteriorated a while back.

Okay and so what..? Does that somehow mean he shouldn't be held to account for his crimes? Plenty of prisons have bad mental health but that doesn't mean they should be let free. Had he not spent 14 years trying to avoid a trail he would have already been out years ago.

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