“A prosecution is when you use court proceedings to prosecute a crime. When you misuse judicial institutions to persecute, to silence a dissident who has committed no crime  and you’re using the judicial machinery to silence him and to punish him, that’s persecution.” This is how UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer describes to host Chip … Continue reading (Ep. 12) The Persecution of Julian Assange featuring Nils Melzer