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Okay, I’m not done yet (still furious). The barriers we’ve faced monitoring proceedings in Assange’s case are extensive and evolving, and cannot be purely coincidence or incompetence, as it’s been at 3 separate courts and happened pre-Covid too. The common factor is the judge.
It is the judge who refuses to recognise NGO observers as different to the public & who revoked NGOs’ remote access. When we face barriers on entry, court officials say the judge set the (arbitrary) limitations on numbers. She even set the freezing temperature at the Old Bailey.
I won’t speculate yet on the outcome of the extradition proceedings, as I sincerely hope that justice will prevail and that the system isn’t as broken as I fear. But one has to question what is the motive in making even a 90-second hearing so unbelievably difficult to observe.
