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The first hearing before the UK High Court of Justice in the US government's appeal in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition case will start shortly. I'm remotely observing.
Thread for updates on the "preliminary" appeal hearing.
Thread for updates on the "preliminary" appeal hearing.
This Assange appeal hearing is not the main appeal hearing. That will come later.
Today's hearing is on the two grounds for appeal that the High Court of Justice declined to grant the US government. Prosecutors will try to persuade the High Court they were wrong.
Today's hearing is on the two grounds for appeal that the High Court of Justice declined to grant the US government. Prosecutors will try to persuade the High Court they were wrong.
This hearing for the US will be focused on discrediting Professor Michael Kopelman, an experienced neuropsychiatrist who assessed Assange from May-December 2019.
It will also be about the US's view that the district judge gave too much weight to certain suicide risk evidence.
It will also be about the US's view that the district judge gave too much weight to certain suicide risk evidence.
COUNTDOWN TO JUSTICE?
Preliminary High Court hearing in the #JulianAssange case on 11 August
Prosecutors for the US govt are expected to challenge the grounds on which it can appeal against the refusal to extradite #Assange
The US was granted permission on 3 of the 5 grounds
Preliminary High Court hearing in the #JulianAssange case on 11 August
Prosecutors for the US govt are expected to challenge the grounds on which it can appeal against the refusal to extradite #Assange
The US was granted permission on 3 of the 5 grounds
"The goal is justice, the method is transparency. It's important not to confuse the goal & the method." - #JulianAssange
Powerful essay written by fo @Scottludlam on the fight to #FreeAssange & the dangerous precedent #Assange’s extradition would set.
themonthly.com.au/issue/2021/aug…
Powerful essay written by fo @Scottludlam on the fight to #FreeAssange & the dangerous precedent #Assange’s extradition would set.
themonthly.com.au/issue/2021/aug…
Last year, @amnesty, @RSF_inter & others faced barriers accessing the #Assange hearing
Amnesty observe trials all over the world - from Guantanamo Bay to Bahrain, Equador to Turkey - & are are recognized as experts in fair trial monitoring
Yet in UK...
Amnesty observe trials all over the world - from Guantanamo Bay to Bahrain, Equador to Turkey - & are are recognized as experts in fair trial monitoring
Yet in UK...
Day 17 of the #AssangeHearing, with three days left, open justice has not been done in these proceedings. The Judge blocked 40 political and NGO observers (including @amensty & @RSF_inter) from monitoring the most important #FreeSpeech trial of the century.
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Defence is reading from/summarizing a witness statement from war reporter Patrick Cockburn. He was in Kabul when the war logs were released, and he says they confirmed civilian casualties he and other journalists suspected.
#AssangeCase
#AssangeCase
Cockburn's statement includes the importance of the war logs and Collateral Murder video to prove these incidents in the face of official denial.
The eleventh day of proceedings in the trial portion of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition hearing will begin shortly. I'll have live updates today. #AssangeTrial
Professor Michael Kopelman, who is a forensic psychiatrist, will give evidence on Assange's clinical depression, risk of suicide, and how he the US government is targeting him for his political opinions. #AssangeTrial
Yesterday, in my written report, I paid attention to fixer who is closely tied to Donald Trump Jr. who threatened a political activist after she visited Assange to inform him that the Trump administration planned to expel and arrest him.
shadowproof.com/2020/09/21/tru… #AssangeTrial
shadowproof.com/2020/09/21/tru… #AssangeTrial
For the third day in a row, @amnesty & 40 other legal observers, have been denied access to the technology that would allow them to observe the extradition hearing of @wikileaks founder #JulianAssange.
This was the letter we received yesterday.
#Assange
This was the letter we received yesterday.
#Assange
In her letter, the judge expresses her "regret" at her decision to deny remote access to the proceedings to @amnesty but offers no reason for her decision
Instead, she sets out rules to ensure the court is #COVID19 safe
But remote access is FAR safer than practices I witnessed.
Instead, she sets out rules to ensure the court is #COVID19 safe
But remote access is FAR safer than practices I witnessed.
Telling legal observers - some of whom are from the European Parliament - that they have to compete with the public for one of 8 gallery seats results in a scrum of people at the doorway to the court.
There was no distancing & even court officials & police weren't wearing masks.
There was no distancing & even court officials & police weren't wearing masks.
