Compelling investigation and tremendous book by Nils Melzer， UN Special Rapporteur in torture who confirmed that Assange os being tortured in England。 This would be an enjoyable but over-the-top justice drama if it were fiction - only that it's true and the outrageous juridicial scandals of 3 Western countries （USA， Sweden， England） and its complicit， silent allies （Australia， Germany。。。） are happening in front of our eyes in real time， and since 10 years。 And the worst is， that its designed to Compelling investigation and tremendous book by Nils Melzer， UN Special Rapporteur in torture who confirmed that Assange os being tortured in England。 This would be an enjoyable but over-the-top justice drama if it were fiction - only that it's true and the outrageous juridicial scandals of 3 Western countries （USA， Sweden， England） and its complicit， silent allies （Australia， Germany。。。） are happening in front of our eyes in real time， and since 10 years。 And the worst is， that its designed to be an endless trial to keep Assange locked up， since there's really no legal base to prosecute him。 Julian Assange's case IS Kafka's trial。 Laid out precisely and densely by Melzer， Assange's case is so shocking and unnegotiably condemnable， it's simply beyond belief。 Melzer has a reduced， on-point writing style which is very appealing。 He doesn't waste hundreds of pages on Assange's childhood or the genesis of Wikileaks but comes to the point。 He starts by pointing out that he first ignored pleas to look into the Assange case because he had bias against him。 He self-reflectively concludes that the involved governments smear campaign against Assange had largely worked， even on him。 He starts with the scandalous Swedish investigations of alleged rape， which were dropped after 3 trys and ten years。 Then come the years in the Equadorian embassy which was stormed to prosecute Assange。。。 the never-ending solitary confinement in Belmarsh and the show trial with a Queen of Hearts judge。 Just a few details of tge trial : suddenly England was a under-developed country where screens and speakers didn't work so that the journalists couldn't follow it。。。Melzer in sincere， reliable detail and great language gives account of the Assange case， one of the biggest injustices and scandals of our time。 By all means， read it。 。。。more