1/ .@amnesty denied access again today to the court in the #Assange extradition hearing. We've made 3 applications requesting recognition as expert fair trial monitors. Judge states that no "special provision" will be made for our trial monitor's attendance. 
2/ International fair trial monitors:
• Evaluate the fairness of a trial/legal proceeding by providing an impartial record of what transpired.
• Advance internationally recognized fair trial standards by putting the the judge & parties on notice that they are under scrutiny.
• Evaluate the fairness of a trial/legal proceeding by providing an impartial record of what transpired.
• Advance internationally recognized fair trial standards by putting the the judge & parties on notice that they are under scrutiny.
3/ The general public has a right to the few seats in the public gallery; trial monitors should not be competing with the public to secure a seat that belongs to the public-at-large.
4/ The OSCE: “...the act of monitoring a trial...increases the transparency of the judicial process. In individual cases, trial monitoring may serve to improve the effective and fair administration of justice or bring attention to
serious deficiencies.”
serious deficiencies.”
5/ UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders: “By observing court proceedings...and analyzing legal practices, trial monitors demonstrate support for defenders and contribute more broadly to the strengthening of judicial systems.”
6/ #Amnestyinternational monitors have gone to Guantanamo Bay, Bahrain, Ecuador, Turkey, and Hungary, among many others, to observe trials as officially recognized fair trial monitors.
7/ It is a disgrace that the UK has failed to recognize that international fair trial monitors should be officially recognized & permitted access to the #Assange hearings. Open justice is not served by this failure, it is profoundly undermined.
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