"Doctors for Assange began writing to governments in late 2019 warning that Julian Assange was in a fragile state of health, and could die in prison. We have repeatedly called for his release on urgent medical grounds. Since then, medical experts who examined Julian Assange testified in court to the seriousness of his medical condition. They explained that he would not survive oppressive prison conditions, and his extradition to the United States was denied on those grounds. The High Court subsequently stood by the medical findings, and ruled that the medical evidence could not be challenged. Meanwhile, having won his case, Julian Assange remains in the very conditions that caused and perpetuated his precarious state of health in the first place. With appeals set to drag on for years, unless Julian Assange is released from prison, there is every reason to expect his condition to deteriorate, potentially dramatically so. Given the medical evidence that is openly on the table now, Doctors for Assange warns that Julian Assange may not survive the appeal process." GUESTS Dr. Bob Gill, MBChB, MRCGP, General Medical Practitioner; writer and producer of the film, 'The Great NHS Heist', United Kingdom Prof William Hogan, MD, Specialist in Internal Medicine; Professor of Biomedical Informatics, United States Dr. Lissa Johnson, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and writer, Australia Dr. Jill Stein, MD, Internist, Lexington, Massachusetts; Former instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, two-time US presidential coandidate, United States Dr. Derek Summerfield, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College, University of London; Former Chief Psychiatrist at the Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture, United Kingdom Dr. Sue Wareham OAM (Order of Australia), MBBS, General Medical Practitioner (retired); Co-founder of ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, Australia
CN Live! S3E9: Doctors Warn Assange may not Survive the Appeal Process
Release Date: 05/08/2022
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With Doctors for Assange: Dr Jill Stein, Lissa Johnson and Prof Bill Hogan And legal analyst: Alexander Mercouris Read the Doctors for Assange Statement
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