Relevant to pizzagate because without Julian Assange's document releases, pizzagate would be non-existent.

A timeline is the best way to present info regarding Julian Assange's (JA) years under arrest (5 years, 3 months and counting) in order to reach or at least ponder a logical conclusion - Is he dead or alive?

July 12, 2012

JA enters Ecuadorian Embassy in London http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/9344384/Julian-Assange-Ecuadorean-embassy-extends-generous-welcome-to-WikiLeaks-founder.html

September 8, 2015

A video-link in which JA talks about his book, "The WikiLeaks Files: The World According to the US Empire" https://www.c-span.org/video/?328099-1/julian-assange-wikileaks-files

February 5, 2016

JA appears in a photo on the balcony and then appears in a taped press conference, demanding that he be released from "arbitrary detention" after a UN Group said he was being held unlawfully. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/julian-assange-makes-rare-appearance-on-embassy-balcony-calling-for-illegal-immoral-unethical-a6856111.html

October 3, 2016

JA's scheduled live balcony appearance is cancelled due to "security concerns." http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-02/wikileaks-cancels-highly-anticipated-tuesday-announcement-due-security-concerns

October 19, 2016

JA's Internet is cut-off https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ecuador-cuts-off-internet-access-for-wikileaks-founder-assange/2016/10/18/277281f6-95ac-11e6-9b7c-57290af48a49_story.html?utm_term=.bba3324192b4

October 27, 2016

JA makes an "appearance" for a video conference with two men from Argentina software company. He is not live. Only a picture of him appears throughout the conference. http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/725803/Julian-Assange-alive-Wikileaks-Argentina-computer-conference

November 25, 2016

John Pilger, Australian journalist, interviews JA at the Embassy. Compare his appearance with February 5, 2016. https://youtu.be/_sbT3_9dJY4

February 14, 2017

JA activates his 5-year old Twitter account for the first time (and has been tweeting away for the past 8 months). https://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2017/02/14/julian-assange-sends-first-ever-tweet-5-year-old-twitter-account/

May 19, 2017

JA addresses media on the balcony following the dropping of his Swedish rape investigation. Once again, compare him with his live appearances on 02/05/16 and 11/25/16. https://youtu.be/A11ahmZ7uGg

My opinion is that Julian Assange is dead based on various factors, all of which are not included in this timeline, such as supposed visits by Pamela Anderson, interviews with this one and that one, including the most recent one by Sean Hannity, etc., etc., etc. To be completely forthright, however, I can come to the same conclusion based solely on the provided info.