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U.N. rights experts cite concern at 'disproportionate' Assange detention
2019-05-04
[Reuters] United Nations human rights experts voiced concern on Friday at what they called the “disproportionate sentence” of 50 weeks in prison imposed on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for skipping bail in Britain.

Assange is being held in the high-security Belmarsh prison “as if he were convicted for a serious criminal offence”, the U.N. working group on arbitrary detention said in a statement, adding that this “appears to contravene principles of necessity and proportionality”. It described the skipping bail charge as a relatively “minor violation”.
Posted by:Bright Pebbles

#1  Relative to what? In my state in Australia, the punishment is $5,000 and up to 2 years. So he got about half
Posted by: BernardZ   2019-05-04 23:50  

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