Julian Assange’s lawyers have been unable to contact him for three weeks.  Not in person, not via video.  This cat and mouse game, orchestrated by the US CIA and the UK government, stamps on the face of Western traditions of liberalism and light — and few seem to care. Belmarsh is a dirty place, in so many ways.  A Corona virus-related death in the prison has already been reported.  The stage is set for Star Chamber judge Vanessa Baraitser and everything she represents to achieve a small victory through an ignominious and “blameless” death of a man whose vision of government … Continue reading US and UK Governments may get their wish