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| ====== USA vs. Assange - S02E02 - The Appeal Hearing (27 - 28th October 2021)====== | ====== USA vs. Assange - S02E02 - The Appeal Hearing (27-28th October 2021)====== | 
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| Following a [[https://challengepower.info/usa_uk_vs._assange/usa_vs_assange-the_extradition_appeal?do=#preliminary_appeal_hearing_-_august_11th|preliminary appeal hearing]] at London's Royal Courts of Justice on August 11, the US government was finally granted permission to [[https://assangedefense.org/hearing-coverage/u-s-allowed-to-expand-scope-of-assange-appeal/|appeal the UK district court's verdict of no extradition]] on all of five grounds they had requested.\\ | Following a [[https://challengepower.info/usa_uk_vs._assange/usa_vs_assange-the_extradition_appeal?do=#preliminary_appeal_hearing_-_august_11th|preliminary appeal hearing]] at London's Royal Courts of Justice on August 11, the US government was finally granted permission to [[https://assangedefense.org/hearing-coverage/u-s-allowed-to-expand-scope-of-assange-appeal/|appeal the UK district court's verdict]] of [[https://challengepower.info/usa_uk_vs._assange/4th_jan_2021_-_extradition_verdict|no extradition]], on all of five grounds they had requested.\\ | 
| In this 'full' appeal, the prosecution will attempt to challenge the validity of the testimony of [[https://challengepower.info/witness_statements/assange_extradition_hearing_witness_statements?s[]=kopelman#michael_kopelman_forensic_psychiatrist_and_professor_of_neuropsychiatry_-_defense_medical_expert|Prof. Michael Kopelman]], the psychiatrist who assessed Julian Assange and determined that he, if facing extradition, would [[https://assangedefense.org/featured/judge-blocks-extradition-of-julian-assange-finding-that-abusive-u-s-prison-system-wouldnt-protect-him-from-suicide/|likely be driven to suicide]] - a testimony on which much of Judge Baraitser's no extradition verdict was hinging.\\ | In this 'full' appeal, the prosecution will attempt to challenge the validity of the testimony of [[https://challengepower.info/witness_statements/assange_extradition_hearing_witness_statements?s[]=kopelman#michael_kopelman_forensic_psychiatrist_and_professor_of_neuropsychiatry_-_defense_medical_expert|Prof. Michael Kopelman]], the psychiatrist who assessed Julian Assange and determined that he, if facing extradition, would [[https://assangedefense.org/featured/judge-blocks-extradition-of-julian-assange-finding-that-abusive-u-s-prison-system-wouldnt-protect-him-from-suicide/|likely be driven to suicide]] - a testimony on which much of Judge Baraitser's no extradition verdict was hinging.\\ | 
| Another line of argument cited in the UK judge's decision were the extremely harsh prison conditions that would await Assange in the US. | Another line of argument cited in the UK judge's decision were the extremely harsh prison conditions that would await Assange in the US. | 
| Julian's future, and that of journalism worldwide, still hangs in the balance. | Julian's future, and that of journalism worldwide, still hangs in the balance. | 
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|  | ===== Where does the hearing take place? ====== | 
|  | The appeal hearing will take place at the Royal Courts of Justice, London\\ {{:usa_uk_vs._assange:royalcourts01.jpg?nolink&250|}} | 
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|  | How to get there. | 
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|  | ===== Case overview and Essential background ===== | 
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|  | <WRAP centerl round info> | 
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|  | ===== Background info ===== | 
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|  | * [[usa_vs_julian_assange_extradition_hearing_part_1_24-28_feb|Extradition hearing - part 1]] (24th-28th Feb 2020) | 
|  | * [[usa_uk_vs_julian_assange_-_extradition_hearing_part_2|Extradition hearing - part 2]] (7th Sept-1st Oct 2020) | 
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|  | * [[julian_assange_extradition_case_to_the_us#the_superseding_indictment_-_24-06-2020|Julian Assange's extradition case]] | 
|  | * [[superseding_indictment_-_24-06-2020|Superseding indictment]] (24th June 2020 ) | 
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|  | * [[https://challengepower.info/usa_uk_vs._assange/usa_vs_assange-the_extradition_appeal|Extradition appeal]] | 
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|  | </WRAP> | 
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|  | ===== Is this the final hearing? ===== | 
|  | Follow this [[https://challengepower.info/_media/2021-01/next_steps_in_assange_extradition_procedure_after_jan_4th_first_instance_decision_20210707_1405.png|flowchart]] to find out what the possible next steps might be entail. | 
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