Nils Melzer

@NilsMelzer

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture; Human Rights Chair, Geneva Academy; Professor of International Law, University of Glasgow

Joined July 2018
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    May 31

    :“ has been deliberately exposed, for a period of several years, to progressively severe forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the cumulative effects of which can only be described as psychological ”.

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  2. 14 hours ago

    Update: I have just been told by a viewer that my interview with was in fact aired, but it seems it has not been made available online. Any further info, also about , more than welcome!

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  3. 16 hours ago

    “I stand ready to respond to uncomfortable questions, but then media must also stand ready to publish uncomfortable truths.”

    BBC, Sky News Have Hidden Their Interviews With UN Expert On The Torture Of Assange "Indeed, there is as of this writing no video footage to be found anywher…
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  4. 22 hours ago

    For the record: On 31 May, I have also given similar exclusive TV interviews to both and on but it seems they decided not to broadcast them.

    So the UN rapporteur actually appeared on the Kremlin's premier propaganda network—yes, the propaganda network of the state that shoots journalists in the face—to discuss Julian Assange's "torture".
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  5. 22 hours ago

    You ask why & not ? My resources are scarce & whenever I speak out for someone, I must remain silent on a million others. That is my predicament. So all I can do is to speak out where others don’t & highlight blind spots in public awareness for others to follow up.

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  6. Retweeted
    May 31

    The special rapporteur on torture speaks with about visiting Julian Assange in a high-security London prison. He says the founder has suffered "psychological torture", a claim the Australian government has rejected...

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  7. Jun 1

    Interview mit : « weist Symptome psychologischer Folter auf» vom 01.06.2019

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    Jun 1

    „Der Elefant im Raum sind die USA“ - sagt der UNO-Sonderbeauftragte für Folter . Julian sei Opfer von psychologischer Folter, initiiert durch die US-Regierung. GB, Ecuador und Schweden die willigen Helfer. Das Gespräch mit ihm im , um 18h.

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  9. Jun 1

    : My interview with : “To me it is inconceivable that so many layers of profoundly skewed and biased steps in the judicial proceedings against could be just a coincidence”.

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  10. May 31

    : watch my interview with here: and here:

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    May 31

    “Collective persecution of Julian must end now. My most urgent concern is that, in the United States, Mr. Assange would be exposed to a real risk of serious violations of his human rights,"- Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on ➡

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  12. May 31

    My interview on with (audio):

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  13. May 31

    : My early morning BBC Interview (Audio) on :

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    May 31

    U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture says there has been a lot of "fabrication and manipulation" in Julian Assange's legal cases. "We have to take a step back and look at all these proceedings ... and come to our own conclusions about whether these are fair."

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  15. May 31

    For the record: I never said I considered „a bad actor“ but that, initially, I had been affected by the same misguided smear campaign as everybody else, and only saw the real facts once I investigated in detail

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  16. May 31

    : “The collective persecution of must end here and now!” 

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  17. Retweeted
    May 30

    "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." Martin Luther King

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  18. May 29

    update on my visit to : I have now formally shared my observations, concerns & recommendations with the Govts of UK, US, Sweden and Ecuador and, after the required embargo of 48 hours, will be releasing my public statement on Friday, 31 May.

    update: visited with 2 medical experts in Belmarsh, examined cell & facilities, met with officials, lawyers & many others. Investigation & evaluation ongoing. Will communicate formally as soon as concluded …
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  19. May 29

    : … and here the direct link to my interview with on a recent civil society report on very serious allegations of in

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  20. May 28

    Question: Should we really celebrate, when the world’s top 1% take 80% of global growth, while 50% get nothing at all, and then they transfer “at least half” of their grotesque wealth to whatever cause THEY happen to like, presumably fully tax-deductible? Is this still democracy?

    MacKenzie Bezos -- just months after her divorce from the world's richest man -- has promised to give at least half of her fortune to charity.
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