====== USA + UK vs. Assange: UK Extradition Hearing S01E01 (24 - 28th Febuary 2020) ====== **S01E01 - //The Empire Strikes Back//** This page is dedicated to the first part of the hearing. Read about the [[usa_uk_vs_julian_assange_-_extradition_hearing_part_2|second part of the hearing here]]. ======Part 1: 24 - 28 Feb 2020 ====== {{https://original.antiwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/assange-cartoon.jpg}} **Document the hearing here** !! //See also [[actions_and_exhibitions]], an evolving non-exhaustive list of the many actions that are happening, will happen against the US extradition, in defence of freedom of the press, WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. Protests, vigils, exhibitions..// ===== Where does the hearing take place ? ====== Woolwich Crown Court, which is adjacent to [[belmarsh_high-security_prison|HMP Belmarsh]] ([[https://defend.wikileaks.org/2020/02/23/usa-v-julian-assange-extradition-hearing/#directions|How to get there]]) ===== Case overview and Essential background ===== ==== Case overview and briefing by the defense team ==== For case overview, FAQs, recommended readings, essential background, see also [[https://defend.wikileaks.org/2020/02/23/usa-v-julian-assange-extradition-hearing|USA vs Julian Assange extradition hearing]] by Defend WikiLeaks ==== Essential Background ==== [[https://www.pscp.tv/w/1MYGNkaYogwJw?t=2m14s|Press conference]] (19 February 2020) at London’s Foreign Press Association with Assange lawyer Jennifer Robinson, Kristinn Hrafnsson (editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks), and Australian Members of Parliament George Chirstensen and Andrew Wilkie [[https://fowlchicago.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/transcript-wikileaks-editor-in-chief-hrafnsson-speaks-natl-press-club-australia/|Kristinn Hrafnsson]] address to the Australian Press Association (7 December 2019) ==== Essential Articles and Readings ==== [[https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/24/europe/assange-extradition-hearing-intl-gbr/index.html|Trump wants to 'make an example' of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, court told]] - CNN - 2020/02/24 [[https://shadowproof.com/2020/02/24/assanges-defense-details-cia-backed-espionage-operation-trumps-politicization-of-justice-department/|Assange’s Defense Details CIA-Backed Espionage Operation, Trump’s Politicization Of Justice Department]] - Shadow Proof - 2020/02/24 ===== The Hearing ===== ==== Harassment and interference ==== === WikiLeaks Twitter account LOCKED ahead of Assange extradition hearing ==== WikiLeaks demands answers as Twitter account LOCKED ahead of Assange extradition hearing https://www.rt.com/news/481049-wikileaks-locked-twitter-extradition-assange/ ==== Defence Opening ==== Here is the full text of the Defence team's opening statement in court: {{docs:ja_defence_opening.pdf}} ==== Prosecution "skeleton" argument ==== Here is the [[extradition_skeleton_argument|"skeleton" (a rough overview) of arguments the prosecution wants to make]] in court. {{ ::assange_in_a_glass_cage_woolwich_court_feb2020.jpg?nolink&200|}} ==== Day 1 - 24th Feb ==== * Remarkable summary by the Courage Foundation: https://defend.wikileaks.org/2020/02/24/usa-v-julian-assange-extradition-day-1/ * Essential analysis by Craig Murray: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/02/your-man-in-the-public-gallery-assange-hearing-day-1/ * Patrick Henningsen (21st Century Wire) [[https://twitter.com/21WIRE/status/1231908625821708289|tweets from inside the court]] === Press reports === * Attending Assange trial day 1, Tim Dawson, National Union of Journalists https://www.nuj.org.uk/news/attending-the-assange-trial-day-one/ ==== Day 2 - 25th Feb ==== * Another brilliant [[https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/02/your-man-in-the-public-gallery-assange-hearing-day-2/|report and analysis by Craig Murray]] * Patrick Henningsen (21st Century Wire) [[https://twitter.com/21WIRE/status/1232270900726304769|tweets from inside the court]] === Press reports === * Unordered List ItemAttending Assange trial day 2, Tim Dawson, National Union of Journalists https://www.nuj.org.uk/news/attending-the-assange-trial-day-two/ ==== Day 3 - 26th Feb ==== * Yet another implacably brilliant [[https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/02/your-man-in-the-public-gallery-the-assange-hearing-day-3/|report by Craig Murray]] * Patrick Henningsen (21st Century Wire)[[https://twitter.com/21WIRE/status/1232633160921419778|tweets from inside the court]] === Press reports === * Assange court report day 3 Morning, Bridges for Media Freedom https://assangecourt.report/day-3-morning-en/ ==== Day 4 - 27th Feb ==== * L.A. Times - 2020/02/27 [[https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-02-27/assange-denied-request-to-sit-next-to-his-lawyers-as-first-phase-of-extradition-hearing-ends|Assange denied request to sit next to his lawyers as first phase of extradition hearing ends]] - * Patrick Henningsen of 21st Century Wire [[https://twitter.com/21WIRE/status/1233029360610922497|tweets from inside the court]] End of the hearing session around 15h00 (no hearing on Friday 28th). ==== Day 5 - 28th Feb ==== No hearing. Next session: May 18th (for up to 3 weeks). //Postponed to **September 2020** due to lockdown.// (Until then some technical, "case management" hearings in March and April) ===== Other Press coverage ===== ==== (En) ==== * [[https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2020/03/02/julian-assange-is-the-defendant-journalism-is-under-trial/5722796|Julian Assange is the defendant, journalism is under trial]] - S. Maurizzi (Fatto Quotidiano) - 2020/03/02 ==== (Fr) ==== * [[https://www.legrandsoir.info/compte-rendu-du-proces-assange-1er-jour.html|Traduction par Le Grand Soir du compte rendu du 1er jour d'audience par Craig Murray]]