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| **On January 4th 2021, district judge Vanessa Baraister rendered the [[https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/usa-v-julian-assange/|first instance verdict]]: she ruled Assange cannot be extradited to the US on the grounds //it would be unjust and oppressive to extradite him by reason of his medical condition//. However, she did not accept as valid the other important bars to extradition {{:eh2_court_documents:2020.11.06_assange_extradition_hearings_assange_defence_closing_submissions.pdf|the defense team had brought to her attention}}, that Assange is a journalist and the charges against him are political. The freedom of the press is still very much under threat. Assange was denied bail. The US has appealed** | **On January 4th 2021, district judge Vanessa Baraister rendered the [[https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/usa-v-julian-assange/|first instance verdict]]: she ruled Assange cannot be extradited to the US on the grounds //it would be unjust and oppressive to extradite him by reason of his medical condition//. However, she did not accept as valid the other important bars to extradition {{:eh2_court_documents:2020.11.06_assange_extradition_hearings_assange_defence_closing_submissions.pdf|the defense team had brought to her attention}}, that Assange is a journalist and the charges against him are political. The freedom of the press is still very much under threat. Assange was denied bail. The US has appealed** |
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| ===== Context ===== | ===== Context ===== |
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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. |
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| ===== The indictment ===== | ===== The indictment ===== |
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| See also [[In Defense of Julian Assange]] | See also [[In Defense of Julian Assange]] |
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| | ==== The Espionage Act ==== |
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| | === I am guilty of violating the Espionage Act === |
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| | Opinion by filmmaker Laura Poitras, Dec. 21, 2020 |
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| | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/opinion/laura-poitras-assange-espionage-act.html |
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| | === Assange and the Espionage Act === |
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| | https://consortiumnews.com/2021/07/07/the-espionage-act-julian-assange-2-the-espionage-acts-uk-origins/ |
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| ===== About Extradition ===== | ===== About Extradition ===== |