Thread by @SMaurizi

1. Julian #Assange sentence: do NOT forget the UK authority acting on US behalf in this #Extradition to the US is the very same which has kept denying me documents on the case for the last 5YEARS and has admitted to have destroyed key documents

2. Julian #Assange sentence: the UK authority acting on US behalf in this extradition to the US is the #CrownProsecutionService: The very same which: a) told the Swedish prosecutor not to question JA in London b) opposed the closure of the Swedish case c) destroyed key documents

3. Julian #Assange sentence: Julian #Assange just arrived, he looks very tense though stoic

4. Julian #Assange appears to have lost so much weight....audio is very bad on my side

5. It’s such a pity I cannot hear properly such an important hearing: audio is really bad

6. basically the judge Vanessa Baraitser is completely relying on US arguments by Gordon Kromberg, characterising JA-Chelsea Manning interactions as a conspiracy to crack a password

7. The audio is terrible: again I cannot believe a world power like the UK cannot set up a decent audio for such crucial hearing to be properly followed by international journalists

8. Judge Baraitser says she is satisfied with the prosecution (US government) having brought this case “in good faith”. The judge is completely sticking to US arguments by Gordon Kromberg

9. Judge Baraitser says it’s not up to this court to look at the spying activities by IC Global “under investigation in Spain”, she argues US had grounds in keeping Ecuadorean embassy under surveillance due to national security

10. Judge Baraitser says that it’s impossible to sustain that the Eastern District Virginia is “not impartial”

11. Judge Baraitser: no evidence Chelsea Mannning have evidence against Julian #Assange was given under torture

12. judge Baraitser said the impact of extradition on Julian #Assange fiancée @StellaMoris1 and their children won’t be “out of the ordinary “

13. No extradition!!!