Eugene Jarecki Says Sitting Down With Edward Snowden For Julian Assange Doc ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ “Felt Like Interviewing Superman About Batman” – Contenders Documentary

Eugene Jarecki Says Sitting Down With Edward Snowden For Julian Assange Doc ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ “Felt Like Interviewing Superman About Batman” – Contenders Documentary

In May 2019, the UN Special Rapporteur for Torture examined Julian Assange in a UK prison, where the WikiLeaks founder was incarcerated after Ecuador forced him out of its embassy in London. Rapporteur Nils Nelzer concluded Assange “showed all symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture.” Melzer wrote, “In 20 years of work with victims of war, violence and political persecution I have never seen a group of democratic State…