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====== US granted limited permission to appeal January decision that Julian Assange should not be extradited ====== | ====== US granted limited permission to appeal January decision that Julian Assange should not be extradited ====== | ||
+ | on: https:// | ||
- | The UK High Court has notified the parties involved in Julian Assange’s extradition | + | The UK High Court has notified the parties involved in Julian Assange’s extradition |
- | | + | case that the United States government’s appeal will be listed for a hearing. |
- | The decision by the High Court simply gives permission for the US government to attempt | + | The decision by the High Court simply gives permission for the US government to attempt |
- | | + | to challenge the ruling, but it does not reflect the merits of the US arguments. |
- | Permission has been granted on a limited basis, allowing only narrow, technical grounds | + | Permission has been granted on a limited basis, allowing only narrow, technical grounds |
- | | + | to form the basis of the appeal. Crucially, the High Court did not allow the United |
- | | + | States to appeal any of the factual findings concerning Assange’s condition. No date |
- | | + | has been set for the hearing. |
- | Assange' | + | Assange' |
- | | + | “oppressive”, |
- | | + | history and Autism Spectrum disorder diagnosis, which, combined, would drive him to |
- | | + | suicide. The High Court affirmed Judge Vanessa Baraitser’s conclusions concerning his |
- | | + | clinical condition, as well as the independent expert evidence on which she relied. |
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- | The appeal was lodged by the Trump Administration, | + | Assange faces a sentence |
- | took office, but revelations reported last weekend dealt a new blow to the credibility | + | |
- | of the Department of Justice case. | + | |
- | | + | The appeal was lodged by the Trump Administration, just two days before President Biden |
- | man convicted of sex crimes against minors, fraud and embezzlement, | + | took office, but revelations reported last weekend dealt a new blow to the credibility |
- | diagnosed sociopath, now admits that he fabricated allegations against Assange in | + | of the Department |
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- | Julian Assange’s fiancee, Stella Moris, said: | + | Icelandic investigative journalists revealed that the DoJ’s lead witness, an Icelandic |
+ | man convicted of sex crimes against minors, fraud and embezzlement, | ||
+ | diagnosed sociopath, now admits that he fabricated allegations against Assange in | ||
+ | exchange for immunity from US prosecutors ([1]https:// | ||
+ | discredited allegations form the basis of the Second Superseding indictment against | ||
+ | Assange and were even cited in the extradition judgment delivered on January 4^th. | ||
- | “Six months ago, Judge Vanessa Baraitser blocked the extradition of my partner, Julian | ||
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- | his death warrant. That should have been the end of it. | ||
- | " | + | Julian Assange’s fiancee, Stella Moris, said: |
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- | is rotten to the core, and nothing that the US government can say about his future | + | |
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- | to kill Julian on British soil; who harried his solicitors and stole legal documents; | + | |
- | who even targeted our six-month-old baby. | + | |
- | This entirely baseless, abusive, anti-First Amendment case was driven by the previous | + | “Six months ago, Judge Vanessa Baraitser blocked |
- | administration for nefarious reasons. The administration instrumentalised the law to | + | Assange, because consigning him to the US prison system would have amounted |
- | | + | his death warrant. That should have been the end of it. |
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- | | + | "The new revelations concerning |
- | late stage. This case should not be dragged out for a moment longer. End this | + | confirm what we all knew: that the case against Julian has been built on lies. The case |
- | prosecution, | + | is rotten |
+ | treatment is worth the paper it is written on. This is a country whose agents plotted | ||
+ | to kill Julian on British soil; who harried | ||
+ | who even targeted our six-month-old baby. | ||
- | | + | This entirely baseless, abusive, anti-First Amendment case was driven by the previous |
- | independence. It seems inconceivable that President Biden would want to continue with | + | administration for nefarious reasons. The administration instrumentalised the law to |
- | this case – because | + | pursue the political objective of disappearing |
- | society can ever make journalism a crime. | + | the United States and elsewhere. |
- | | + | "I am appealing directly to the Biden government to do the right thing, even at this |
- | | + | late stage. This case should |
- | isolated, while our young children are denied their father. Julian spent his 50th | + | prosecution, protect free speech |
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- | since April 2019. He is not a criminal. He is a journalist and a publisher, and he is | + | |
- | being punished for doing his job. | + | |
- | “This case shows nothing but contempt for the First Amendment. Repressive regimes | + | “The current |
- | | + | independence. It seems inconceivable |
- | | + | this case – because Julian’s freedom is coupled to all our freedoms |
- | United States. Bringing this shameful prosecution demeans the values | + | society can ever make journalism a crime. |
- | States says it stands for. It reduces trust in both the US and the UK legal systems. | + | |
- | “Julian’s prosecution is vigorously opposed by The New York Times and the Washington | + | “If the Biden Administration does not end this now, the case will limp through the |
- | | + | courts while Julian remains in prison indefinitely: |
- | | + | isolated, while our young children are denied their father. Julian spent his 50th |
- | | + | birthday on the 3rd of July behind bars in Belmarsh prison, where he has been on remand |
+ | since April 2019. He is not a criminal. He is a journalist and a publisher, and he is | ||
+ | being punished for doing his job. | ||
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+ | “This case shows nothing but contempt for the First Amendment. Repressive regimes | ||
+ | welcome the Biden administration' | ||
+ | imprisoning the press and silencing political dissent is practised and endorsed by the | ||
+ | United States. Bringing this shameful prosecution demeans the values that the United | ||
+ | States says it stands for. It reduces trust in both the US and the UK legal systems. | ||
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+ | “Julian’s prosecution is vigorously opposed by The New York Times and the Washington | ||
+ | Post, as well as the National Union of Journalists, | ||
+ | Without Borders and virtually every press freedom and human rights organisation in the | ||
+ | West, together with parliamentarians from around the world”. | ||
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+ | Lawmakers in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Australia have renewed their calls | ||
+ | for the Biden Administration to abandon the prosecution as international political | ||
+ | pressure grows. A group of German MPs have written to Chancellor Angela Merkel, asking | ||
+ | her to raise the issue with President Biden during her forthcoming trip to Washington. | ||
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- | for the Biden Administration to abandon the prosecution as international political | ||
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- | her to raise the issue with President Biden during her forthcoming trip to Washington. | ||
References | References |