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(45,790 posts)59 International Organizations Call Upon UN to Remedy Human Rights Violations in Pre-Charge Detention of Wikileaks Publisher Julian Assange
For Immediate Release: 16 June 2014
59 International Organizations Call Upon UN to Remedy Human Rights Violations in Pre-Charge Detention of Wikileaks Publisher Julian Assange
Groups Submit Reports to UN Universal Periodic Review Citing Swedens Human Rights & Procedural Violations in Treatment of Julian Assange
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Geneva, Switzerland - Before the United Nations this Sunday, 26 international human rights, fair trial, and jurist organizations, and 33 Latin American civil society organisations, condemned Swedens violation of the fundamental human rights of WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange, who has experienced protracted pre-charge detention stemming from a Swedish investigation which has yet to charge him. Mr. Assanges pre-charge detention has spanned nearly four years as US Federal Grand Jury prepares a criminal case against WikiLeaks and its officers.
Two Swedish organizations, as well as jurist organizations from around the world including the American Association of Jurists (AAJ), the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), and the Indian Association of Lawyers submitted two reports one in English and one in Spanish each highlighting various procedural rights violations of Julian Assange, Swedens longest running case of pre-trial deprivation of liberty.