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Friend recounts Christmas Eve call with WikiLeaks founder

        <p class="byline">by RT / December 31st, 2019</p>

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            WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claims he&rsquo;s &lsquo;slowly dying&rsquo; in a UK jail and is often tranquilized and kept in solitary confinement 23 hours a day. He made the disturbing revelations in a phone call to his friend Vaughan Smith on Christmas Eve. 

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Read more: https://on.rt.com/a85u

            <p class="postmeta">This article was posted on Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 at 7:56am and is filed under <a href="https://dissidentvoice.org/category/prisons/" rel="category tag">Incarceration</a>, <a href="https://dissidentvoice.org/category/whistleblowing/wikileaks/julian-assange/" rel="category tag">Julian Assange</a>, <a href="https://dissidentvoice.org/category/prisons/political-prisoners/" rel="category tag">Political Prisoners</a>, <a href="https://dissidentvoice.org/category/europe/united-kingdom/" rel="category tag">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="https://dissidentvoice.org/category/whistleblowing/wikileaks/" rel="category tag">WikiLeaks</a>. 


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Citations

[1] ‘I’m slowly dying here’: ‘Sedated’ Assange tells friend during Christmas Eve call from UK prison as health concerns mount — RT UK News ➤ https://on.rt.com/a85u