#ToothsticeForAssange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is still in need of a new tooth, but the United Kingdom won’t let him get one. After a "domiciliary dental emergency appointment" in July of last year, Assange, locked up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for fear of extradition to the U.S., the dentist recommended that Assange be allowed to leave the complex for a more serious operation of his premolar tooth. Fifteen months later, Assange is still in pain since the UK continues to deny him medical treatment. The dental records were part of a package of his medical and psycho-social assessments published by WikiLeaks ahead of a ruling in Sweden on his arrest warrant to show that his arrest is arbitrary and a violation of his rights, as the United Nations ruled in February. Sweden decided last month to uphold the arrest warrant for allegations of rape, prolonging the legal standoff that has kept him in the London embassy for over four years. A rotting tooth is just one of the side effects of his isolation and testament to the UK’s refusal to deliver appropriate treatment without arresting him. All that money spent on a 24/7 police guard could be spent on appropriate dental treatment thousands of times over.