Attorney Michael Ratner dead at 72 (1943-2016); Lead counsel for Julian Assange; Wikileaks. 'Today we mourn; tomorrow we carry on his work' - http://bit.ly/1OprLck

Attorney Michael Ratner dead at 72 (1943-2016); Lead counsel for Julian Assange; Wikileaks. ‘Today we mourn; tomorrow we carry on his work’ – http://bit.ly/1OprLck

From Attica to Assange, Michael Ratner has defended, investigated, and spoken up for victims of human rights abuses all over the world. For 45 years, Michael brought cases with the Center for Constitutional Rights in U.S. courts related to war, torture, and other atrocities, sometimes committed by the U.S., sometimes by other regimes or corporations; from El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala,…

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