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		</div><p>The father of Julian Assange is to receive an award on behalf of his son on Saturday after launching a fresh attack on the continued imprisonment of the WikiLeaks founder.</p>
<p>John Shipton said Assange was still being kept in solitary confinement for up to 23 hours a day at top security Belmarsh prison in London, even though he was due to be released earlier this month.</p>
<p>The father of Julian Assange is to receive an award on behalf of his son on Saturday after launching a fresh attack on the continued imprisonment of the WikiLeaks founder.</p>
<p>John Shipton said Assange was still being kept in solitary confinement for up to 23 hours a day at top security Belmarsh prison in London, even though he was due to be released earlier this month.</p>
<p>In an interview with PA, he said it was “extraordinary” that his son was being kept in such harsh prison conditions, especially as a United Nations special rapporteur on torture has called for his release.</p>
<p><em>“The only people who are breaking the law are the UK Government and the Crown Prosecution Service,”</em> he said.</p>
<p><em>“I last visited Julian in August – he was a bit shaky, and is suffering from anxiety. He has lost a lot of weight. It is very distressing, and the intensity of his treatment has increased over the past year.</em></p>
<p><em>“He is being subjected to every sort of torment.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Shipton also expressed his surprise at the revelation in a Spanish newspaper that a private security company hired to protect the Ecuadorian embassy spied on Assange for the US intelligence service.</p>
<p>A report in El Pais said Global SL supposedly handed over audio and video to the CIA of the meetings Assange held with his lawyers and other visitors.</p>
<p>The company is being investigated for this activity by Spain’s High Court, said the report.</p>
<p>Mr Shipton said laser microphones and video cameras were used to monitor conversations, even in the toilets.</p>
<p><em>“We could not say anything without it being recorded, and it looks like they wanted to sell it to the CIA – in fact they were actually selling Julian.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Shipton said today’s award was the 16th his son had been awarded for his journalistic and other work with WikiLeaks.</p>
<p>He will receive the award – the Gavin MacFadyen Award – outside Belmarsh prison, and visit his son next week.</p>
<p>The citation for today’s award – given on behalf of whistleblowers – describes Assange as a “courageous truth teller”, adding: <em>“The most common thread that ran through the reasons for nominating this year’s winner can be summarised in one sentence: ‘What will happen when the next abuse, corruption, crime or misconduct needs exposing, will other media be too afraid to publish the truth?’</em></p>
<p><em>“This is not a question that should ever be asked in any civilised country.”</em></p>
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