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| actors_of_a_persecution [2020/05/28 19:50] – [Clair Dobbin] miumiu | actors_of_a_persecution [2020/08/01 13:18] – [Judge Baraitser] editor2995b1ad030d0401fe |
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| ==== Judge Arbuthnot ==== | ==== Judge Arbuthnot ==== |
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| Emma Arbuthnot, Baroness of Edrom, is a Chief magistrate in London. She is married to James Arbuthnot, Baron of Edrom. | Emma Arbuthnot, Baroness of Edrom, is a Chief magistrate in London. She is married to James Arbuthnot, Baron of Edrom. |
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| ==== Judge Baraitser ==== | ==== Judge Baraitser ==== |
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| Vanessa Baraitser | Vanessa Baraitser |
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| Baraitser declared: “In my view I have substantial ground for believing if I release you, you will abscond again.” | Baraitser declared: “In my view I have substantial ground for believing if I release you, you will abscond again.” |
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| Baraitser’s ruling was based on the fraudulent claim that Assange illegitimately “absconded” on bail in 2012. In reality, Assange exercised his right, protected under international law, to seek political asylum in Ecuador’s London embassy. | Baraitser’s ruling was based on the fraudulent claim that Assange illegitimately “absconded” on bail in 2012. In reality, Assange exercised his right, protected under international law, to seek political asylum in Ecuador’s London embassy. |
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| | According to an investigation by [[https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-07-31-uk-government-refuses-to-release-information-about-assange-judge-who-has-96-extradition-record/|Declassified UK]], published in July 2020, Baraitser has "a 96% extradition record from publicly available evidence," where "six of the extraditions, or 26% of the rulings, were successfully appealed." |
| ==== Judge Snow ==== | ==== Judge Snow ==== |
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| ==== Judge Taylor ==== | ==== Judge Taylor ==== |
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| Deborah Frances Taylor presided over [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190501121351/https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sentencing-remarks-assange-010519.pdf|the sentencing for bail violations at Southwark Crown Court]] on May 1st 2019. At one point, she [[https://twitter.com/NielsLadefoged/status/1123536719918313472|mistakenly claimed that Assange had been charged in Sweden]]. After rejecting all of the defence's mitigation arguments, Taylor accused Assange of costing British taxpayers £16 million, mostly referring to expenses from overt and covert surveillance operations by police while Assange resided in the Ecuadorian Embassy. She categorised the bail violation as ‘[[https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/magistrates-court/item/failure-to-surrender-to-bail/|A1]],’ meaning there was a failure to surrender with ‘deliberate attempt to evade or delay justice,’ despite his asylum application from June 2012 clearly stating, “[[https://justice4assange.com/IMG/pdf/Full_Asylum_Application_Assange_25_june_2012.pdf|It is not my wish to avoid investigation or indeed trial in Sweden, however unjust I believe the context to date to have been]]” (para. 47). She sentenced him to 50 weeks in prison, or 47 weeks when accounting for time served since his arrest. This is near the maximum (one year) for this offence. | Deborah Frances Taylor presided over [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190501121351/https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sentencing-remarks-assange-010519.pdf|the sentencing for bail violations at Southwark Crown Court]] on May 1st 2019. At one point, she [[https://twitter.com/NielsLadefoged/status/1123536719918313472|mistakenly claimed that Assange had been charged in Sweden]]. After rejecting all of the defence's mitigation arguments, Taylor accused Assange of costing British taxpayers £16 million, mostly referring to expenses from overt and covert surveillance operations by police while Assange resided in the Ecuadorian Embassy. She categorised the bail violation as ‘[[https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/magistrates-court/item/failure-to-surrender-to-bail/|A1]],’ meaning there was a failure to surrender with ‘deliberate attempt to evade or delay justice,’ despite his asylum application from June 2012 clearly stating, “[[https://justice4assange.com/IMG/pdf/Full_Asylum_Application_Assange_25_june_2012.pdf|It is not my wish to avoid investigation or indeed trial in Sweden, however unjust I believe the context to date to have been]]” (para. 47). She sentenced him to 50 weeks in prison, or 47 weeks when accounting for time served since his arrest. This is near the maximum (one year) for this offence. |
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| ==== Gordon D. Kromberg ==== | ==== Gordon D. Kromberg ==== |
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| prosecuting the case in the US. | prosecuting the case in the US. |
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| | ==== Alexander P. Berrang ==== |
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| | prosecuting the case in the US. |
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| | quoted in the {{ :06_24_20_returned_redacted_foreperson_name_0.pdf |superceding indictment}} |
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