[geekpowa]

“Mr Assange showed all symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture, including extreme stress, chronic anxiety and intense psychological trauma.”

Emphasis mine. His terrible mental health condition is not under dispute. But I am disputing the use of the word torture, as opposed to 'symptoms typical for'.

Torture (noun): the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something.

While he was in the embassy he was fugitive and definitely under duress to turn himself in, no doubt. What rights and privileges is someone entitled to as a fugitive in comparison to their rights and privileges once in custody? My bias is anti Assange, for some common reasons some people are anti, I try to keep an open mind and be a compassionate person and feel compassion for his terrible mental health circumstances, yet articles like this, I read it with a pile of skepticism and just feels weak, lacking in evidence, overstating things and drawing inferences I think are poorly supported.

[93po]

It is very lacking in empathy to refer to him as a fugitive rather than someone in asylum. Any fugitive status he may have had has been proven to be political in nature.

[geekpowa]

"Any fugitive status he may have had has been proven to be political in nature."

Proven you say?

Things asylum seekers typically say: "If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case"

[93po]

Yes, proven. I don't know what relevance your quote has.