Thread for Day 4 updates.
“To introduce political offense exception by the backdoor would be to subvert the intention of the Parliament”
See here for some background: shadowproof.com/2020/02/26/pro…
Prosecution seeks to erase any political or public interest motive to Assange’s publishing
“We’re in pretty strange Alice in Wonderland world,” where country says yes there is this treaty governing extraditions but it’s got nothing to do with lawfulness of request or detention.
US has "repeatedly said WikiLeaks opposes policy in Afghanistan." Thus, by their own reasoning, WikiLeaks publications were to "induce a change in government policy. #Assange
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Assange is in the courtroom, and we should have afternoon argument in next few minutes.
Recent advent in English courts and around 20 years ago didn’t exist. #Assange
Yes, perhaps, the judge says Serco, which is contracted for security, could work out something that would allow exchange of documents between Assange and attorneys
Will be case management hearing in April.
Next extradition hearing is 3 weeks in May-June #Assange