1/ The case of #JulianAssange can be depressing & overhwhelming. The persecution has cost this man & his family a decade of their lives. So here is a short thread (with cartoons) summarising the key reasons, Britain must not continue to be America's lapdog
2/ This prosecution is politically motivated. The US wants to hide its horrendous record of murder, rape & torture of innocent civilians like ElMasri therenditionproject.org.uk/prisoners/khal… .
It does not want to be embarrassed for the incompetence & warmongering that destroyed entire nations.
3/ It is astounding that even though the defendant's conversations with his lawyers were spied upon and the prosecuting team is revealed to have conspired to kill / harm the defendant, the trial continues without any impediment. thegrayzone.com/2020/05/14/ame…
Evidence shows that #JulianAssange will not receive a fair trial in the US. The prison conditions even pre-trial are inhumane. He would be subject to "Special Administrative Measures" ie his lawyers & he will be silenced ccrjustice.org/sams-report
Extraditing Assange sets the wrong precedent about the extraterritorial rights of the US. Anyone revealing US criminality or information that is embarrassing to the US could be plucked out at will and sent to the US to stand trial. It criminalises journalism
An all-women delegation has delivered a letter from international jurists to Prime Minister Boris Johnson at 10, Downing Street today. The letter sets out how the rule of law has been undermined in the case of #JulianAssange link.medium.com/9owkhp8Bh4
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The letter then details numerous violations of the law in the #Assange case, and ask for the rule of law to be upheld.
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The jurists call on the UK authorities to deny the US extradition request and urge the UK government to immediately release Mr Assange.
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On 24th Feb, the extradition hearings in the case of #JulianAssange begin. This week, I will be tweeting out the articles that weren't just great at the time of publication but are worth re-reading now, to get a real handle on the case
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@LissaKJohnson 's 'The Psychology of Getting Julian Assange' explores the psychological dimensions of the CIA decision of "taking down Wikileaks". Remember, these are the same CIA who use / approve in Guantanamo of the professional psychologists who destroyed people by .....
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"rectally force feeding victims with hummus, pasta and nuts; sexually assaulting them with broomsticks; locking them in boxes of insects; threatening to harm their children and slit their mothers throats, or rape their mothers in front of them."
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#JulianAssange#Assange 1/ Today, I went to a court for the very first time & I’d like to share some thoughts.
Let me start by talking about the courageous, ordinary citizens who protested outside and/or queued from the early hours in the cold & rain to support Julian
2/ In the crowd you could hear people speaking in South American Spanish, German, French, accented English from New Zealand, Australia, the Americas& the Uk, Polish, Greek and more!
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Some were supporters who have stood outside the Ecuadorean embassy for years recognising early how Julian was being framed .
Others were those who stand outside Belmarsh today shining a light on the UK govt’s role in torturing the world’s most important political prisoner