{"id":60955,"date":"2021-12-14T09:06:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T14:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60955"},"modified":"2021-12-14T09:06:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T14:06:36","slug":"theyre-killing-him-assanges-stroke-reveals-the-western-version-of-the-saudi-bone-saw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60955","title":{"rendered":"They\u2019re Killing Him: Assange\u2019s Stroke Reveals The Western Version Of The Saudi Bone Saw"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2021\/12\/12\/theyre-killing-him-assanges-stroke-reveals-the-western-version-of-the-saudi-bone-saw\/\">They\u2019re Killing Him: Assange\u2019s Stroke Reveals The Western Version Of The Saudi Bone Saw<\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-10880\" class=\"post-10880 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-news tag-assange tag-empire tag-journalism tag-khashoggi tag-stroke\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/medium-3.jpg?485df6&amp;485df6\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/medium-3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/medium-3-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/medium-3-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/medium-3-1024x536.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"565\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/going_rogue\/theyre-killing-him-assanges-stroke-reveals-the-western-version-of-the-saudi-bone-saw\">Listen to a reading of this article:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1176503119&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxheight=1000&amp;maxwidth=1060\" width=\"1060\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Julian Assange suffered a mini-stroke in October during the hearing for the US appeal of a UK court\u2019s ruling on his extradition case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WikiLeaks publisher, 50, who is being held on remand in the maximum-security jail while fighting extradition to America, was left with a drooping right eyelid, memory problems and signs of neurological damage,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10300037\/Julian-Assange-stroke-Belmarsh-prison-Fianc-e-blames-extreme-stress.html\">The Daily Mail reports<\/a>. \u201cHe believes the mini-stroke was triggered by the stress of the ongoing US court action against him, and an overall decline in his health as he faces his third\u00a0Christmas\u00a0behind bars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssange was examined by a doctor, who found a delayed pupil response when a light was shone into one eye \u2013 a sign of potential nerve damage,\u201d the article reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJulian is struggling and I fear this mini-stroke could be the precursor to a more major attack. It compounds our fears about his ability to survive the longer this long legal battle goes on,\u201d Assange\u2019s fiance Stella Moris told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1469791896268587011&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2021%2F12%2F12%2Ftheyre-killing-him-assanges-stroke-reveals-the-western-version-of-the-saudi-bone-saw%2F&amp;sessionId=da7edca5ad3c32ed03f835b2ab3c50bd5f956036&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=9fd78d5%3A1638479056965&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1469791896268587011\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAssange\u2019s stroke is no surprise,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NilsMelzer\/status\/1469823178755260417\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer in response to the news. \u201cAs we warned after examining him, unless relieved of the constant pressure of isolation, arbitrariness and persecution, his health would enter a downward spiral endangering his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melzer examined Assange with medical experts in 2019 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/NewsEvents\/Pages\/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24665\">published a report<\/a>\u00a0with the\u00a0United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights saying that \u201cMr. Assange showed all symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture, including extreme stress, chronic anxiety and intense psychological trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They\u2019re Killing Him: Assange\u2019s Stroke Reveals The Western Version Of The Saudi Bone Saw Listen to a reading of this article: \u2756 Julian Assange suffered a mini-stroke in October during the hearing for the US appeal of a UK court\u2019s ruling on his extradition case. \u201cThe WikiLeaks publisher, 50, who is being held on remand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17039,2001,827,3142],"class_list":["post-60955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-julian-assange","tag-united-states","tag-us-empire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60956,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60955\/revisions\/60956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}