Julian Assange Has Paid a Devastating Price
"Mr Assange’s situation which is tantamount to a prisoner being detained indefinitely but without a prisoner’s normal physical health care and effectively in isolation… The harmful psychological and physical effects of indefinite detention include: Severe and chronic anxiety and dread, Pathological levels of stress that have damaging effects on the core physiologic functions of the immune and cardiovascular systems, as well on the central nervous system, Depression and suicide, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Enduring personality changes and permanent estrangement from family and community that compromises and hope of the detainee regaining a normal life following release…" […]