America’s international standing as a fair and just country does not match its superpower status as the world's greatest democracy.
When it comes to basic human rights it is there in the gutter alongside some of the world's most toxic, tinpot dictatorships and authoritarian regimes.
So there's little surprise that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange fears being extradited to the States where some politicians and Pentagon officials have already called for his execution and Attorney General Eric Holder admits his government may invoke the US Espionage Act. Read more