Julian Assange has sparked fury he is receiving special favours after he was visited by two United Nations human rights inspectors in prison. The Wikileaks founder, 47, who is serving 50 weeks in Belmarsh prison for violating his bail conditions, was reportedly visited by the inspectors without a guard present. Julian Assange has been visited by two UN human rights inspectors in prison without a guard present (pictured, on his way to prison earlier this month)Nils Melzer, a UN special rapporteur on torture, visited Assange in Belmarsh on May 10 in a meeting behind closed doorsNils Melzer, a UN inspector who usually reports on prison torture in corrupt states, visited Assange in Belmarsh on May 10, according to The Sun. Joseph Cannataci, a privacy campaigner and human rights expert also visited the convict on April 25. At the time of his sentencing, UN human rights experts said Assange had received a 'disproportionate sentence' of 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail.

Source: Daily Mail May 19, 2019 07:45 UTC