Lewis asked Ellis a series of questions about state and federal inspections on the Alexandria (ADX) jail, which Ellis had no personal knowledge about #Assange
Lewis said that during the last inspection period which began August 2017 the inspection found there had been no complete suicides. Ellis said that Alexandria had a good record when it came to completed suicides. #Assange
Ellis said there was not difference between federal and state prisoners when it came to came to access to education or recreation programmes. If prisoners are under administrative segregation, they cannot take part in programmes with other prisoners. #Assange
Lewis questioned whether Ellis was right to suggest that administrative segregation is equivalent to solitary confinement. Ellis said that prisoners were allowed very little time out of their cell and that was very similar to solitary confinement #Assange
Lewis suggested that prisoners could spend up to six hours a day with their lawyers. Ellis said that three hours would be the maximum time, without special permission from the jail. #Assange
Lewis said that Assange was a high profile case, that he would have a phalanx of lawyers looking out for him who would be able to criticise the smallest aspects of his treatment . Ellis said: "To my knowledge the Alexandria jail does not give special treatment" #Assange
Under questioning by Edward Fitzgerald for the defence, Lewis said that prisoners a the Alexandria jail had attempted suicide, most recently, Chelsea Manning #Assange
Judge Baraister asked Ellis why he though Assagne would be held in administrative segregation. Ellis said that the jail segregates high-profile prisoners. #Assange
Ellis: "In order to maintain a secure and safe environment they typically segregate those prisoners". He said "I can't say why." #Assange
Joel Sickler, who has worked for 40 years in prison and sentencing advocacy has been giving further evidence about the conditions Assange will in the US prison system #Asssange
He will continue giving evidence after lunch. #Assange
The court has adjourned for 10 minutes after hearing evidence from Joel Stickler. He was cross examined at great length by Clair Dobbin for the prosecution, largely on matters in prosecution documents, much less on his evidence #Assange
Dobbin took Stickler through Bureau of Prisons policy on inmates with mental illness at great length. Stickler agreed that the policy was in place, but said he hasn't seen evidence in his experience of working with prisoners #Assange
1/ One of the world’s most prestigious general science journals, Nature, was the target of a two-year-long sustained and virulent secret attack by a conspiratorial group of extreme Brexit lobbyists with high-level political, commercial and intelligence connections.
2/ The group attempted to have Nature and its staff put under surveillance and investigated by MI5, MI6, the CIA, Mossad, and Japanese and Australian intelligence agencies. They met cabinet minister Michael Gove and asked him to arrange phone taps and electronic surveillance.
3. They called themselves the “Covid Hunters”. Their allegations against science reporting helped fuel an explosion in “lab leak” claims on right-wing conspiracy sites. They pushed their “extraordinary, true story” to a top Hollywood producer in 2020.
Breaking: The high court has granted the US leave to appeal the decision not to extradite #Assange on two further grounds of appeal. This includes challenging the use of evidence from defence expert Professor Matthew Kopelman over Assange's risk of suicide if extradited.
The High Court overturned a decision by Justice Jonathan Swift to reject 2 out 5 grounds of appeal put forward by the US government #Assange
Lord Justice Holroyde and Justice Farbey found the US had an arguable case that Kopelman did not act in accordance with his duty as an expert witness by omitting to disclose #Assange's relationship with his partner Stela Moris and their two children in his first report.
Today the US will begin the process of appealing against the UK court's decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. The preliminary hearing is due to start at 10:30. I am reporting on the case by remote video link. I will post updates here. #Assange
This story summarises the main issues that are expected to be raised today.
The US is arguing for permission to challenge the evidence of medical expert, Michael Kopelman, head of neurospychiatry at King's College London in the Court of Appeal. Kopelman found that Assange had autism, recurring depression, and was at high risk of suicide if extradited.
Around 1600 Belgium police raided 200 premises this morning in one of the largest police operations the country has undertaken. Belgian police have refused to confirm or deny whether the raids are linked with the compromise of the secure phone network @SkyECCofficial#Encrochat
The raids took place between 0500 and 11 am this morning. More than 10 people have been arrested. @SkyECCofficial#Encrochat
Belgium police say it will take months to evaluate the information seized during the raids. @SkyECCofficial#Encrochat
Victory for journalists, press freedom after tribunal finds there is no reason to bar people from using the UK's freedom of information act simply because they are not in the UK. @SMaurizi@estelledehon@EmmanFre@benjameslucas
The decision comes after the First-Tier tribunal stayed 16 Freedom of Information by appeals by journalists and ordinary people, because they were either not UK citizens, or had UK nationality but were living abroad. @SMaurizi@estelledehon@EmmanFre@benjameslucas#FOIA
Today's decision means that the Freedom of Information Act will continue to operate as it always has done for the past 15 years. It is open to any person regardless of nationality or place of residence.@SMaurizi@estelledehon@EmmanFre@benjameslucas#FOIA
Good morning. Today a court will decide whether Julian Assange should be released on bail from Belmarsh Prison, following the decision by Westminster Magistrate's court not to extradite him to the US on espionage charges. #Assange#Assangetrail