London, November 21 (RHC)-- Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has condemned Swedish prosecutors who yesterday dropped a rape investigation into WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, saying the whole thing was “a complete bogus set-up” from the beginning.

Roger Waters told RT that the statement from Swedish prosecutors claiming that the evidence against Assange had “weakened” since 2010 was a “mealy-mouthed bunch of bullsh*t” and that there was “no evidence to support the idea that [Assange] injured anybody.”

The British musician said that due to is whole "set-up,” Assange is still suffering in London’s Belmarsh Prison with no real process of law being followed.  “Assange is being slowly murdered by the state because he told uncomfortable truths about U.S. war crimes,” he added.

The law is being thrown out the window at the behest of the growing mono-empire that is the USA — and it is so wrong, said Roger Waters.   The British rock ‘n’ roll legend stressed that Assange’s continued detainment behind bars was “purely political” and that there is no question that he is a political prisoner who is being used as a “warning” to others who might be inclined to do real journalism.  "In any sane universe, Julian Assange would be lauded as a hero of the people."

Waters also took aim at mainstream media, where he said it is now nearly impossible to find a truthful narrative of events.  “To find the truth these days is extremely difficult,” he said.

Assange is currently languishing in Belmarsh awaiting a hearing on extradition to the United States, where he could face 175 years in prison for publishing leaked military documents and exposing war crimes.  A London court ruled against the whistleblower in October after his lawyers sought to have the extradition hearing delayed.