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+ | **In April 2019 the US submitted a request to the UK to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is charged with 17 Espionage Act offenses, and 1 count of conspiracy to commit computer crime (for allegedly attempting to protect a source’s anonymity). He risks a possible 175 years prison sentence.** | ||
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+ | **The extradition hearing took place in London in [[USA vs Julian Assange extradition hearing Part 1 24-28 Feb|February 2020]]and [[usa_uk_vs_julian_assange_-_extradition_hearing_part_2|September 2020]]** | ||
- | **Last April the US submitted a request | + | **On January 4th 2021, district judge Vanessa Baraister rendered |
- | ** The full extradition hearing is set to begin in London on 24th February 2020, for one week, then to resume for three weeks on May 18th 2020.** | + | ===== Context ===== |
- | ====== Context ====== | + | **See also [[Political persecution of Assange and WikiLeaks]]** |
Wikileaks founder and journalist Julian Assange is held at [[Belmarsh high-security prison]] in London, since April 2019 when Ecuador terminated the political asylum [[http:// | Wikileaks founder and journalist Julian Assange is held at [[Belmarsh high-security prison]] in London, since April 2019 when Ecuador terminated the political asylum [[http:// | ||
- | The charges all relate to Wikileaks journalistic activities of publishing authentic information in the interest of the public, many times in collaboration with other news outlets. Specifically in this case, the charges relate to the publishing by Wikileaks of documents transmitted by ex-army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, revealing US war crimes in Irak and Afghanistan. | + | The charges all relate to Wikileaks journalistic activities of publishing authentic information in the interest of the public, many times in collaboration with other news outlets. Specifically in this case, the charges relate to the publishing by Wikileaks of documents transmitted by ex-army whistleblower |
**Hence the charges basically equate journalism and truthtelling to treason, when in fact the duty of journalists, | **Hence the charges basically equate journalism and truthtelling to treason, when in fact the duty of journalists, | ||
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To let this extradition and prosecution happen would inaugurate an era darker than we know. | To let this extradition and prosecution happen would inaugurate an era darker than we know. | ||
- | ====== The indictment ====== | ||
- | https:// | + | ===== The indictment |
- | ====== Analysis of the indictment ====== | + | {{ : |
- | ==== WikiLeaks' | + | ==== First indictment ==== |
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+ | ==== The Superseding Indictment - 24-06-2020 ==== | ||
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+ | On June 24th 2020, the US published a [[superseding_indictment_-_24-06-2020|new version of the indictment of Assange]], as a //new// base for requesting his US extradition. In a rather unusual move, the US are changing the nature of the accusations, | ||
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+ | * Accusing Assange of a broadened alleged " | ||
+ | * Attempting to qualify WikiLeaks as an intelligence agency " | ||
+ | * doesnt formally **add** charges (as it would be illegal according to extradition treaties), yet heavily **modifies and broadens** the existing ones. | ||
+ | * Criminalizing the helping of Edward Snowden out of Hong-Kong. | ||
+ | * A lot of the alleged conspiracy relies on the testimony of **Sigurdur Thordarson** as //" | ||
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+ | Redacted names in the indictment: | ||
+ | * WLA-2 = Daniel Domscheit-Berg | ||
+ | * WLA-3 = Jacob Appelbaum | ||
+ | * WLA-4 = Sarah Harrison | ||
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+ | * “NATO Country-1” = Iceland | ||
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+ | US DoJ press release: | ||
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+ | ==== Analysis of the indictment ==== | ||
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+ | === WikiLeaks' | ||
https:// | https:// | ||
- | ==== Media analysis of the indictment, as compiled by WikiLeaks defence fund run by Courage foundation | + | === Media analysis of the indictment, as compiled by WikiLeaks defence fund run by Courage foundation === |
https:// | https:// | ||
- | ==== An attack on the press ==== | + | === An attack on the press === |
- | Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg reacts to the indictment saying espionage charges against | + | See [[The "Assange |
- | https:// | + | Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg reacts to the indictment saying espionage charges against Assange are the most significant attack on the press since the Pentagon Papers |
See also [[In Defense of Julian Assange]] | See also [[In Defense of Julian Assange]] | ||
- | ====== About Extradition ====== | + | ==== The Espionage Act ==== |
- | ==== The UK-US extradition treaty ==== | + | === I am guilty of violating the Espionage Act === |
+ | Opinion by filmmaker Laura Poitras, Dec. 21, 2020 | ||
- | === Extradition treaty between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | + | === Assange |
- | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/243246/7146.pdf | + | https://consortiumnews.com/ |
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+ | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/opinion/laura-poitras-assange-espionage-act.html | ||
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+ | ===== About Extradition ===== | ||
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+ | ==== History of Extradition ==== | ||
- | ==== History | + | === a John Stuart Mill quote ==== |
//" Among other matters of importance in which I took an active part, but which excited little interest in the public, two deserve particular mention. I joined with several other independent Liberals in defeating an Extradition Bill introduced at the very end of the session of 1866, and by which, though surrender avowedly for political offences was not authorized, political refugees, if charged by a foreign Government with acts which are necessarily incident to all attempts at insurrection, | //" Among other matters of importance in which I took an active part, but which excited little interest in the public, two deserve particular mention. I joined with several other independent Liberals in defeating an Extradition Bill introduced at the very end of the session of 1866, and by which, though surrender avowedly for political offences was not authorized, political refugees, if charged by a foreign Government with acts which are necessarily incident to all attempts at insurrection, | ||
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John Stuart Mill (Autobiography), | John Stuart Mill (Autobiography), | ||
- | + | === The practice of extradition from antiquity to modern France and the United States | |
- | == The practice of extradition from antiquity to modern France and the United States == | + | |
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+ | === Terrorism, Criminal law, and Politics === | ||
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+ | Julia Jansson | ||
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+ | ==== European Convention on Extradition ==== | ||
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+ | European Convention on Extradition https:// | ||
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+ | ==== The UK-US extradition treaty ==== | ||
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+ | Extradition treaty between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America: | ||
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+ | === Critics of UK-US extradition treaty === | ||
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+ | **Johnson: " | ||
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+ | Jeremy Corbyn praises Julian Assange and calls for extradition to US to be halted. The prime minister Boris Johnson acknowledged: | ||
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+ | **While demanding Assange, US refuses to extradite CIA agent who killed British teen** | ||
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+ | High-ranking CIA agent Anne Sacoolas is charged with killing a teenage British citizen. While the US demands Julian Assange’s extradition, | ||
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+ | ==== Bars to extradition in Assange' | ||
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+ | Legal arguments why the US extradition of Julian Assange should be denied include the nature of Assange' | ||
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+ | They are exposed in the {{: | ||
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+ | See also : https:// | ||
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+ | === About the Political Offense Exception === | ||
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+ | **The Political Offense Exception: Punishing whistleblowers abroad** | ||
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+ | Mark Dell Kielsgard https:// | ||
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+ | **Queen Elizabeth won’t get involved in Julian Assange case because it’s a POLITICAL matter** | ||
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+ | A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman has said the Queen will not intervene to release Julian Assange, vowing to remain “non-political.” The statement seemingly confirms that Assange’s detention is a political, not criminal, matter. | ||
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+ | ===== USA vs Assange Extradition Hearings ===== | ||
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+ | * [[usa_vs_julian_assange_extradition_hearing_part_1_24-28_feb|Part 1 February 24 - 28, 2020]] | ||
+ | * [[usa_uk_vs_julian_assange_-_extradition_hearing_part_2|Part 2 September 7 - October 1st 2020]] | ||
+ | * [[Extradition hearing first instance verdict - No US extradition, | ||
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