Own Correspondent| Doctors have warned that incarcerated whistle-blower, Wikileaks founder, editor and publisher, Julian Assange, Zimbabwe’s own Baba Jukwa, could die inside a top British security jail.

Zimbabwean online blogger Baba Jukwa caused a social media frenzy in 2013, as he wrote exposing ‘secret operations’ by the ruling Zanu PF party, he became a favourite follower, number one whistle-blower, the opposition became dependent on for information on the secret on goings in the ruling party and security services.

Cynics, however, dismissed the ghost Baba Jukwa as a decoy created to divert the MDC led by the late Morgan Tsvangirai’s attention, from real issues surrounding the pending harmonised elections, to trivialities, gossip and bar talk.

The more than 60 doctors wrote on Monday advising that Assange, urgently needs medical treatment at a university hospital, they also warned of his fast deteriorating health, “that Assange suffers from psychological problems including depression as well as dental issues and a serious shoulder ailment.”

Sweden last week dropped rape investigations against Assange, who is also battling extradition to the US, which accuses him of espionage for publishing secret documents relating to his WikiLeaks work, which exposed, the extent of US state surveillance in western countries and the conduct of its troops in the Middle East, in which the 48 year old Australian, allegedly proved war crimes had been committed.

The letter, from doctors across UK, Australia, Europe and Sri Lanka, was sent to Home Secretary Priti Patel.
Dr Lissa Johnson, a clinical psychologist in Australia, said an independent medical assessment was needed to determine if Assange was “medically fit” to face legal proceedings.

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