Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== USA Vs. Assange - S02E01 - The Extradition Appeal (27-28th October 2021) ====== **10/12/2021 - [[https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/USA-v-Assange-judgment101221.pdf|VERDICT]] in the appeal of USA+UK Vs Assange extradition case: According to the High Court, Assange CAN be extradited to the US.** \\ {{ :usa_uk_vs._assange:royalcourts01.jpg?nolink&370| }}\\ The UK Court of Appeal has granted permission to the USA to appeal the [[usa_uk_vs._assange:4th_jan_2021_-_extradition_verdict|January, 4th 2021 first instance decision]] to NOT extradite Assange. The USA indeed want to revise the non-extradition decision to further be able to prosecute him in the US where he faces 175 years in prison for revealing war crimes. In the meantime, and despite a court decision ruling in his favour, Assange is still jailed in the [[:belmarsh_high-security_prison|maximum-security prison of Belmarsh]]. The appeal hearing will be held at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Courts_of_Justice|Royal Courts of Justice]] in London, on October 27th and 28th (which both parties agree is too short!)\\ \\ **Join an [[ https://freeassange.eu/#action-overview|action near you]] in support of Julian and a free press!** \\ {{ https://challengepower.info/_media/campaign_material/27oct21_london_recto.jpeg?400 }} {{ https://video.emergeheart.info/download/videos/fe5ad479-54f5-49aa-8b1e-b87024ef2777-720.mp4 }}\\ ===== Press and live coverage ===== ====• Wed 27th Oct 2021==== **//Essential Reading//**: [[https://thedissenter.org/a-guide-to-the-us-government-appeal-in-the-assange-extradition-case/| A Guide To The U.S. Government's Appeal In The Assange Extradition Case]] by The Dissenter\\ \\ ★ Follow this [[https://nitter.eu/couragefound/lists/JA-Extradition-Hearing|thread]] to the Courage Foundation's selection of journalists, legal observers and free press groups monitoring the hearing ★ **Threadreader** : [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453283532948787208.html|Kevin Gosztola]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453294259159896064.html|Assange Defense]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453280663944183810.html|Consortium News]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453279886165020678.htmll|Stefania Maurizi]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453291745052176398.html|Juan Passarelli]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453276760074768395.html|Mary Kostakidis]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453286771433910272.html|Richard Medhurst]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453292447472173058.html|James Doleman (morning)]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453345931722690561.html|James Doleman (afternoon)]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453287645375774729.html|Flick Rubicon]] [[https://nitter.eu/StefSimanowitz/status/1453296322304430085#m| Stefan Simanowitz (Amnesty Int.)]] [[https://nitter.net/rebecca_vincent/status/1453240130404241412?cursor=LBkmgsC9xcmB%252BqoonsC4rcDn%252BaooJQYRAAA%253D#r| Rebecca Vincent (RSF)]] [[https://nitter.net/couragefound/status/1453147211185930241#m| Courage Foundation]] [[https://nitter.net/MElmaazi/status/1453283938940694529#m| Mo Elmaazi]] [[https://nitter.net/Tareq_Haddad| Tareq Haddad]] [[https://nitter.eu/ChipGibbons89/status/1453286277013544962#m|Chip Gibbons]] [[https://nitter.net/Williamrt|Bill Goodwin]] **Outside the court**:\\ * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9exnpzNmkZc|LIVE: US appeal on Assange extradition heard in court: day 1 (10 hours)]] RT\\ * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wxwrpFR0UU|#LIVE Julian Assange Trial | Royal Courts Of High Justice (3 hours)]] Actual Coverage * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRfonUgEKWw|Kristinn Hrafnsson: US assurances for Julian Assange are worthless (morning)]] DEA * [[https://nitter.net/wikileaks/status/1453294666485542912#m| Stella Moris (morning)]] WikiLeaks * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNASCTM0SHQ|Stella Moris (midday)]] EF Press * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkT_tKRndc|Lauri Love (midday)]] Antonia Mirou * [[https://nitter.eu/DEAcampaign/status/1453662638471327751#m| Kristinn Hrafnsson (afternoon)]] * [[https://nitter.eu/DEAcampaign/status/1453664982617493505#m| Lauri Love (afternoon)]] * [[https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=l-csR_CPRpM|John Shipton Speaks Up Freedom]] EF Press * [[https://nitter.eu/DEAcampaign/status/1453661551911743490#m| John Shipton on public support]] DEA * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUJi_e_VAdc|Stundin journalist Bjartmar Oddur Theyr Alexandersson interviewed about the FBI key witness Siggi Thordarson who lied]] flowerpunkchip * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV54Lr7AMm8| Interviews after day 1 of the Julian Assange trial | The Royal Courts of Justice | 27-10-21]] Actual Coverage * [[https://video.emergeheart.info/w/9DqgLieiMAyF3NbyyFGJJr|Yellow Ribbons for Assange outside of the London High Court and protest during extradition appeal]] Free Assange - Don't Extradite Assange channel * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afec3Jod3q0| Royal Courts of Justice EF Press Update]] EF Press * [[https://nitter.eu/StefSimanowitz/status/1453327543017394180#m|The implications of #Assange’s case go far beyond this courtroom]] Stefan Simanowitz * [[https://nitter.eu/MollyAhmed/status/1453288745629888518#m| Protest outside the RCJ]] Molly Ahmed * [[https://nitter.eu/MElmaazi/status/1453372007995920395#m|Collateral Murder played outside the court]] Mo Elmaazi * [[https://nitter.eu/_taylorhudak/status/1453306070806540310#m|Police vehicles outside RCJ]] Taylor Hudak **Watch**:\\ * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp0kiEUqLjg| Previewing The US Appeal Hearing In The Assange Extradition Case]] Kevin Gosztola, Shadowproof * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WBPd4Uvxqk| US Government's Appeal Hearing In Assange Extradition Case: Day 1]] Kevin Gosztola, Shadowproof * [[https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/27/watch-cn-video-report-assange-hearing-day-one/| CN Video Report Assange Hearing Day One]] Consortium News * [[https://www.rokfin.com/stream/10360/BREAKING-Julian-Assange-High-Court-Appeal-DAY-1-| BREAKING: Julian Assange High Court Appeal: DAY 1]] Richard Medhurst * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IHBMJv4K2I|Assange Update from UK Court: US Argues in Favor of new “Assurances”]] Taylor Hudak, AcTVism Munich * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Xt17MHpa0| Julian Assange's Lawyers Latest Attempt To [NOT] Have Him Extradited To The U.S.]] The Project * [[https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=HXuwXmzsAzU| Stella Moris on Assange's current state]] DEA * [[https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=UYzfQ2KiXss| Julian Assange's partner: The CIA developed sketches and options on how to murder Julian]] DEA * [[https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=UPdvdCkF77s| Assange's fiancée describes the massive illegal spying operation (and poisoning plot) against Julian]] DEA * [[https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=JfNq_dvkE4Q| Assange's fiancée: US government officials have gone on record to expose Assange kidnap plot]] DEA * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ito1-Bvrs94|US Appeals to UK High Court to Extradite Assange]] Richard Medhurst for RT * [[https://video.emergeheart.info/w/xpHfQAUBHbfEymdofq17YP| Sky news on Oct 27-28th #Assangecase court hearings]] Sky News * [[https://nitter.eu/France24_en/status/1453311466585612290#m| US challenges Julian Assange extradition block in UK court]] France 24 * [[https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/26/watch-cn-live-assange-malingerer-or-martyr/|CN Live! — ‘Assange: Malingerer or Martyr?’]] Consortium News * [[https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=UcCjlqhQsRs|La demande américaine d'extradition de Julian Assange de retour devant la justice britannique]] France 24 * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwdwwiom6Z0|La compagne de Julian Assange « très inquiète » pour la santé de son compagnon]] Le Parisien **Read**:\\ * [[https://thedissenter.org/prosecutor-attacks-judges-decision-which-blocked-us-from-extraditing-assange/|Appeal Hearing: Prosecutor Attacks Judge's Decision, Which Blocked US From Extraditing Assange]] The Dissenter * [[https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/27/day-one-us-lays-out-appeal-against-assange-judgement/|DAY ONE: US Lays Out Appeal Against Assange Judgement]] Consortium News * [[https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/27/day-one-assange-lawyer-in-fiery-rebuttal-at-days-conclusion/|DAY ONE: Assange Lawyer in Fiery Rebuttal at Day’s Conclusion]] Consortium News * [[https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252508730/No-one-extradited-from-UK-to-US-has-committed-suicide-US-tells-court-in-Assange-appeal| “No-one extradited from UK to US has committed suicide”, US tells court in Assange appeal]] Bill Goodwin (Computer Weekly) * [[https://defend.wikileaks.org/extradition-hearing/#day-18| Julian Assange Extradition Appeal - Day 1]] Defend Wikileaks * [[https://assangecourt.report/october-27-morning|October 27: Morning]] Assange Court Report * [[https://assangecourt.report/october-27-afternoon|October 27: Afternoon]] Assange Court Report * [[https://www.dw.com/en/opinion-its-well-past-time-to-free-julian-assange/a-59637163|Opinion: It's well past time to free Julian Assange]] Rebecca Vincent (RSF) for DW * [[https://www.newsweek.com/us-australia-uk-argue-over-julian-assange-us-seeks-his-extradition-1643099|U.S., Australia and U.K. Argue Over Julian Assange as U.S. Seeks His Extradition]] Newsweek * [[https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/26/5-ways-the-us-has-misled-uk-courts-on-assanges-health/| 5 Ways the US Has Misled UK Courts on Assange’s Health]] Consortium News * [[https://thedissenter.org/imprisoning-drone-whistleblower-in-cmu-jeopardize-us-appeal-assange-extradition-case/| Imprisoning Drone Whistleblower In Isolation Unit May Jeopardize US Appeal In Assange Extradition Case]] The Dissenter * [[https://www.reuters.com/world/assange-could-serve-sentence-australia-us-assures-britain-2021-10-27/|Assange could serve sentence in Australia, U.S. assures Britain]] Reuters * [[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jul/10/us-pledge-that-julian-assange-could-serve-any-jail-sentence-in-australia-is-grossly-misleading-partner-says|US pledge that Julian Assange could serve any jail sentence in Australia is ‘grossly misleading’, partner says]] The Guardian (July 2021] * [[https://www.reuters.com/world/assange-case-back-court-us-extradition-appeal-2021-10-27/|U.S. lawyers tell UK court Assange can safely be extradited]] Reuters * [[https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/27/assanges-legal-maze-australian-foreign-ministry/| Assange’s Legal Maze: Australian Foreign Ministry]] Consortium News * [[https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/10/28/the-assange-persecution-is-western-savagery-at-its-most-transparent/|The Assange Persecution Is Western Savagery At Its Most Transparent]] Caitlin Johnstone * [[https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/article/free-assange.html|Free Assange]] IFJ * [[https://nitter.eu/BBCWorld/status/1453350126039220227#m|US begins legal bid to get Julian Assange extradited]] BBC * [[https://www.aol.com/judge-denied-assange-extradition-risked-112522257.html|Judge who denied Assange extradition risked ‘rewarding fugitives for flight’]] Press Association * [[https://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/julian-assange/cinq-questions-sur-l-affaire-julian-assange-qui-risque-une-nouvelle-fois-l-extradition-34bfee0a-4d20-4b1b-aa5d-7a419c37ba27| Cinq questions sur l’affaire Julian Assange, qui risque une nouvelle fois l’extradition]] Ouest France * [[https://challengepower.info/weeklyleaks/weeklyleaks|WeeklyLeaks 3rd Edition - 'Solidarity with Craig' issue]] WeeklyLeaks \\ **Listen**:\\ * [[https://www.abc.net.au/radio/newsradio/julian-assange-could-serve-jail-term-in-australia/13607144| Julian Assange could serve jail term in Australia if extradited from UK: US legal team (w/Andrew Wilkie MP)]] ABC \\ {{campaign_material:twitter_aarrested.png?700| }}\\ ====• Thur 28th Oct 2021==== **Court Document**: [[https://assangedefense.org/hearing-coverage/defense-appeal-arguments/| Assange Defense Appeal Arguments and Extradition Glossary]]\\ \\ ★ Follow this [[https://nitter.eu/couragefound/lists/JA-Extradition-Hearing|thread]] to the Courage Foundation's selection of journalists, legal observers and free press groups monitoring the hearing ★ **Threadreader**:\\ [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453647642899193861.html| Kevin Gosztola]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453650715100987392.html| Stefania Maurizi]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453650356672479233.html| Consortium News]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453644048623816704.html| Mary Kostakidis]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453654290921295874.html| James Doleman (morning)]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453708484382449668.html| James Doleman (afternoon)]] [[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1453651426299817985.html| Richard Medhurst]] [[https://nitter.eu/MElmaazi/status/1453649213796102149#m| Mo Elmaazi]] [[https://nitter.eu/rebecca_vincent/status/1453645422673731586#m| Rebecca Vincent (RSF)]] [[https://nitter.eu/jlpassarelli/status/1453654677912969216#m| Juan Passarelli]] [[https://nitter.eu/StefSimanowitz/status/1453649709533470723#m| Stefan Simanowitz]] [[https://nitter.eu/FlickRubicon/status/1453646487166935046#m| Flick Rubicon]] [[https://nitter.eu/ChipGibbons89/status/1453645064668909568#m| Chip Gibbons]] [[https://nitter.eu/Williamrt/status/1453651672979361794#m| Bill Goodwin]] [[https://nitter.eu/StellaMoris1|Stella Moris]] [[https://nitter.eu/dhbln/status/1453654537676414979#m| Dustin Hoffmann]] (German) \\ **Outside the court**:\\ * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlupiZwrH0o| LIVE US appeal on Assange extradition heard in court | day 2 (10 hours)]] RT\\ * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZnfV8797Sk| Julian Assange Last Court Appeal Hearing against US Extradition | Royal Courts Of Justice (6 hours)]] Citizen Syd * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bti2vjqxiQ|#LIVE Jullian Assange Trial, Final Day (1,5 hours)]] * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJUa-0YoloQ| US v Julian Assange Case Summary Royal Courts 28 Oct 2021]] EF Press * [[https://nitter.eu/couragefound/lists/JA-Extradition-Hearing| Peaceful protestors demanding no US extradition outside The Courts of Justice in London]] Taylor Hudak * [[https://nitter.eu/ChalecosAmarill/status/1453751106660622337#m| Julian Assange has been denied from attending his own trial]] Redfish * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5sSVJsdnBQ|Kristinn Hrafnsson and Stella Moris (morning)]] EF Press * [[https://nitter.net/richimedhurst/status/1453711390284394503#m| Kristinn Hrafnsson (midday)]] Ruptly * [[https://nitter.net/richimedhurst/status/1453706819663171585#m| Rebecca Vincent (midday)]] Ruptly * [[https://nitter.net/DEAcampaign/status/1453711575727185923#m| John Reese, DEA (midday)]] DEA * [[https://nitter.eu/DEAcampaign/status/1453659102207426566#m| RSF Secretary General: It is the crucial moment for all journalists, everywhere to defend Julian]] DEA * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO6PT58iwfM|LIVE! #AssangeCase end of Day 2 Statements]] DEA * [[https://nitter.eu/GordonDimmack/status/1453621965927993350#m|Updates outside court]] Gordon Dimmack * [[https://nitter.eu/amnestypress/status/1453666478960615427#m| Simon Crowther]] Amnesty International * [[https://nitter.eu/StefSimanowitz/status/1453651800515547137#m| Jeremy Crobyn]] Stefan Simanowitz **Watch**:\\ * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9weRAi6opcM| US Government's Appeal Hearing In Assange Extradition Case: Day 2]] Kevin Gosztola, Shadowproof * [[https://www.rokfin.com/stream/10394/BREAKING-Julian-Assange-High-Court-Appeal-DAY-2| BREAKING: Julian Assange High Court Appeal: DAY 2]] Richard Medhurst * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXejB473wCE| USA v Assange Appeal Day 2 - Report by Joe Lauria]] Consortium News * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ewdja7RME8|Assange Appeal Day 2: Extradition Decision Update]] Taylor Hudak * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGvhCUVbw30| 'We want him out of prison now': Julian Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson]] ABC News * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KwpzprZyBk| Assange's Brother: US Seeking REVENGE For Uncovering Crimes| Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar]] Breaking Points * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxP74vXQ_2c| LIVE NOW: Reactions & Analysis of the Julian Assange Extradition Appeal]] Defending Rights & Dissent * [[https://www.assangecountdowntofreedom.com/videos/6-8-roger-waters-cornel-west-stand-ups-for-assange| Season 6, Episode 8: Roger Waters/Cornel West STAND-UPs FOR ASSANGE]] Randy Credico,Assange Countdown to Freedom * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I185pwCWNo8| What happened at Julian Assange's extradition hearing? ]] DW News * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulxyhykTjFY| British court postpones ruling on Assange extradition appeal • FRANCE 24 English]] France 24 * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAS4sN1b8_g| Demande d'extradition de Julian Assange : deuxième jour devant les juges]] FRANCE 24 * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s3Ef3O3oPM| DAY TWO of the Julian Assange Saga - whistleblowers' lawyers present their case]] RT * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h02lNnqH-y8| Extradition de Julian Assange : «Le travail de WikiLeaks n’est pas important, il est vital»]] RT **Read**:\\ * [[https://thedissenter.org/appeal-hearing-cia-war-assange-most-prominent-critic/|Appeal Hearing: CIA's War On Assange, Their 'Most Prominent Critic,' Takes Center Stage]] The Dissenter * [[https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/28/day-two-assange-lawyer-presses-parallels-with-love-case/|DAY TWO: Assange Lawyer Presses Parallels With Love Case]] Consortium News * [[https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/28/day-two-cia-tried-to-kill-assange-us-hes-only-moderately-depressed-wont-go-to-isolation/|DAY TWO — ‘CIA Tried to Kill Assange;’ US: ‘He’s Only Moderately Depressed & Won’t Go to Isolation’]] Consortium News * [[https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252508798/CIA-sought-revenge-against-Julian-Assange-over-hacking-tool-leaks-court-hears|CIA sought revenge against Julian Assange over hacking tool leaks, court hears]] Computer Weekly * [[https://www.tareqhaddad.com/news-assange-fate-hangs-in-the-balance-after-u-s-high-court-appeal/|Assange fate hangs in the balance after U.S. High Court appeal]] Tareq Haddad * [[https://defend.wikileaks.org/extradition-hearing/#day-18| Julian Assange Extradition Appeal - Day 2]] Defend Wikileaks * [[https://assangecourt.report/october-28-morning|Assange Court Report October 28: Morning]] Assange Court Report * [[https://assangecourt.report/october-28-afternoon|Assange Court Report October 28: Afternoon]] Assange Court Report * [[https://nitter.eu/rebecca_vincent/status/1453813752655192070#m| Concluding statement ]] Rebecca Vincent (RSF) * [[https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/28/chris-hedges-the-most-important-battle-for-press-freedom-in-our-time/|Chris Hedges: The Most Vital Battle for Press Freedom in Our Time]] Chris Hedges, Consortium News * [[https://news.yahoo.com/assange-lawyer-urges-british-court-to-review-yahoo-news-story-on-cia-plans-targeting-wiki-leaks-founder-190500428.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tL3locy9zZWFyY2g_aHNwYXJ0PWRkYyZoc2ltcD15aHMtbGludXhtaW50JnR5cGU9X19hbHRfX2RkY19saW51eG1pbnRfY29tJnA9YXNzYW5nZQ&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIxFqNoPo1Epvh4rwEdm3jo2PJYTM5mpNowxzoU_-oE_LcencQZHXGXzC_VKRfQdfL-_jPd21JhvuaI3TjWGrz48vxXCQjeriHm5HJ8NZ4Y3JEsDsvhjVwSovug_ITbJUqSjyKTGrcDjHHU1NtTTpoxNyAeYtBN5utDC_CCzGc-k|Assange lawyer urges British court to review Yahoo News story on CIA plans targeting WikiLeaks founder]] Yahoo News * [[https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/alan-jones/some-points-are-conveniently-ignored-in-discussion-about-julian-assange/video/7e053a29da6af2f25709b371bd0eeac9|Some points are ‘conveniently ignored’ in discussion about Julian Assange]] Sky News * [[https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2021-10-28/lawyer-us-promises-over-assange-extradition-not-enough| Lawyer: US promises over Assange extradition not enough]] Associated Press * [[https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur45/4450/2021/en/|US/UK: US “Assurances” leave Julian Assange at risk of ill-treatment if extradited from UK]] Amnesty International * [[https://theintercept.com/2021/10/28/julian-assange-extradition-hearing-appeal-health/| Julian Assange’s Health Is Central to Upcoming Ruling on Extradition to the U.S.]] The Intercept * [[https://news.yahoo.com/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-london-shoot-out-inside-the-ci-as-secret-war-plans-against-wiki-leaks-090057786.html|Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot-out: Inside the CIA's secret war plans against WikiLeaks]] Yahoo News * [[https://news.yahoo.com/pompeo-sources-for-yahoo-news-wiki-leaks-report-should-all-be-prosecuted-234907037.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall|Pompeo: Sources for Yahoo News WikiLeaks report 'should all be prosecuted']] Yahoo News * [[https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/national/julian-assange-must-wait-for-judges-ruling-on-extradition-42956/|Julian Assange must wait for judges’ ruling on extradition]] Press Association \\ {{ https://challengepower.info/_media/campaign_material/27oct21ja_videolink_pic_randycredico.png?600 }} \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \\ ===== Case overview and Essential background ===== <WRAP group> <WRAP column half> ==== Background info ==== **{{ :usa_uk_vs._assange:respondents_skeleton_argument_vfinal.pdf |Assange's defense team arguments ("skeleton")}}** \\ [[: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) [[: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) [[:usa_uk_vs._assange:usa_vs_assange-the_extradition_appeal#preliminary_appeal_hearing_-_august_11th|Preliminary appeal hearing (11th Aug 2021)]] \\ </WRAP> <WRAP column half> ==== Interesting reads ==== **Threat of Extradition for Assange Grows Following British High Court Ruling** Marjorie Cohn, TRUTHOUT, August 16, 2021 https://truthout.org/articles/threat-of-extradition-for-assange-grows-following-british-high-court-ruling/ **A day in the death of British Justice** John Pilger, Consortium News, August 12, 2021 https://consortiumnews.com/2021/08/12/john-pilger-a-day-in-the-death-of-british-justice/ **The End Game** Scott Ludlam, The Montly, August 2021 https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2021/august/1627740000/scott-ludlam/end-game? **The Controversial Prosecutor at the Heart of the Julian Assange Case** Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept, July 2021 https://theintercept.com/2021/07/17/julian-assange-extradition-gordon-kromberg/ </WRAP> \\ ==== What we know ==== {{ :2021-01:next_steps_in_assange_extradition_procedure_after_jan_4th_first_instance_decision_20210707_1405.png?direct&200|}} * The USA has decided to appeal UK's first instance decision to NOT extradite Assange * The UK as granted the USA permission to appeal * The USA want to oppose the main arguments that lead to Assange's non-extradition: His mental health being critical / the conditions in US prisons that will not prevent him from commiting suicide, as evidenced by an {{ :usa_uk_vs._assange:full_email_from_the_crown_prosecution_service_press_office.pdf |email from the UK Crown Prosecution Service}} answering questions from the New York Times. * The Defense may want to oppose the other arguments ("cross-appeal") of the first instance decision: denying the journalistic, political, and general interest character in Assange's actions; claiming that harm was caused by WikiLeaks releases; etc. * USA's prosecution is still going on despite a change to Bidens' administration. [[the_actors:usgov:doj:gordon_d._kromberg|Gordon Kromberg]] still seems to be in charge at the DoJ. * The [[:flowchart_extradition_assange_next_steps_after_january4_2021|procedure]] goes on, with upcoming decisions on whether or not the Defense will be granted its cross-appeal points, and about the schedule of the upcoming hearing. * A preliminary hearing was held on August 11th 2021. It granted to the US permission to appeal on all ground they requested. * The hearing will be held in the Royal Court of Justice, The Strand, London. * The hearing is tentatively **scheduled for October 27th, for two days** (both parties agreed this would be too short!) {{ :usa_uk_vs._assange:map.png?direct&400 |}} ==== What we don't know ==== * Will the Defence be granted the permission to appeal on other grounds ("cross-appeal") than the ones the USA are appealing on? * Will the USA finally, once and for all, drop the case, which would be the only proper issue to the case. * If appeal is won by Assange, what comes next? Will he be free? Where could he go? {{ :protest_photos:protest_high_court_aug-11-2021.jpg?400 |}} ==== "Assurances" from the US ==== Prosecutors will talk quite a lot about "assurances," which were offered by the US government AFTER the extradition request was blocked by District Judge Vanessa Baraitser on January 4 and AFTER the extradition hearing in September 2020. These are the "assurances": {{:usa_uk_vs._assange:media_fcsdkh-wuaopt6u.jpg_name_orig.jpeg?direct&400|}}{{:usa_uk_vs._assange:media_fcsdkh-weawsme_.jpg_name_orig.jpeg?direct&400|}} ---- \\ (Meaning: "Assange will not be submitted to Special Administrative Measures (SAMs = solitary confinment = torture)... *except* if he deserves so.") What are SAMS? “solitary confinement, technically, for 24-hours a day”, said the former warden of the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York. No communication with other inmates. 30 minutes on the phone per month monitored by the FBI. Mail, heavily screened. More on these "assurances" by Amnesty: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/07/the-us-diplomatic-assurances-are-inherently-unreliable-julian-assange-must-be-released/ {{ :usa_uk_vs._assange:media_fcs1gvkxmae3pbg.jpg_name_orig.jpeg?direct&600 |}} ==== Preliminary Appeal hearing - August 11th ==== [[https://nitter.eu/couragefound/status/1420672131122221061|According to the Courage Foundation]], a "preliminary hearing" for the appeal happened on August 11th. Preliminary hearing clearly ruled in favour of the US. Different High Court judge than the one granting "limited appeal" gave the US all they wanted: They will be able to appeal on the **five grounds** they wanted to appeal on, and not limited to only two of them as in previous decision. Full appeal hearing as bee (tentatively) scheduled for October 27th, for a duration of 2 days (which both parties considered too short). For more about the procedure, check the [[:flowchart_extradition_assange_next_steps_after_january4_2021|flowchart detailing the next steps]]. {{ :usa_uk_vs._assange:media_e7c89qexmamtus6.jpg_name_orig.jpeg?direct&600 |}} ==== More Context about the Appeal by Stella Moris ==== //**from https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/assangeappeal/** (published on August 6th, ahead of the August 11th preliminary hearing.)// It is seven months since Julian’s extradition was blocked by Judge Vanessa Baraitser, yet he has remained in prison, suffering and isolated, despite having committed no crime. It took the court six months to decide whether to grant the US government permission to appeal. Permission has been granted on a limited basis; that is to say, two out of the five grounds that the US applied to appeal on were rejected by the High Court judge who reviewed the application. The next court date will be on August 11th at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London. Julian is expected to attend in person. Whatever spin the US might try to put on the appeal, it is important to remember that it has been granted on limited grounds. The case was reviewed by Mr. Justice Jonathan Swift, one of the most senior High Court judges in charge of the Administrative Court, and he found that Judge Baraitser had rightly relied on expert evidence that Julian’s clinical condition meant that he is at a high risk of death if the UK court orders his extradition, as well as supporting her assessment on the integrity of the expert witnesses. The United States government is not accepting the High Court’s ruling, which allows only limited grounds of appeal and this is what next Tuesday’s hearing will be about: the US is asking different High Court judges to grant permission for the two grounds that it lost on, in an attempt to appeal on all five grounds. During the hearing the US government is set to attack the professional integrity of Professor Michael Kopelman, an eminent expert in his field, in an effort to rule his important evidence regarding Julian’s mental health inadmissible. Any losing party, the US in this case, is allowed to attempt to have different judges review the grounds that they have lost on. But the US government’s attack on Dr. Kopelman is particularly vexatious. The US government will try to re-run arguments that have already been settled by two different judges. It is the latest move by the US government to try to game the British legal system. The US government’s handling of the case exposes the underlying nature of the prosecution against Julian: subverting the rules so that Julian’s ability to defend himself is obstructed and undermined while he remains in prison for years and years, unconvicted, and held on spurious charges. The “process” is the punishment. However much the prosecution plays to the gallery on August 11th in its efforts to attack the reputation of one of the most well-respected neuropsychiatrists in Britain, the real substance of the appeal will take place when the main appeal hearing will be heard in full later this year. But the scope of that hearing, three or five grounds, will be determined on the 11th of August. After having lost the extradition case in January, the US government issued what is referred to as “undertakings” or “assurances”, though both terms are misnomers, as regards to its highest-security federal prison in the US, Supermax ADX Florence, and so-called Special Administrative Measures (SAMs), as well as prisoner transfer arrangements to Australia to serve the final part of his (potential 175-year) sentence. The first thing to point out here is that any assurances short of dropping the case entirely are worthless. Julian is being punished for doing his job. He published true information that the public had the right to know and which revealed serious wrongdoing on the part of states and their agents. Some people have wrongly suggested that the US government’s so-called “assurances” are significant concessions in relation to Julian’s case – for anyone who looks at their wording it is clear that they are no such thing, as Amnesty International has repeatedly exposed. Here are a few reasons why: * According to its own filing, the caveats to these “assurances” render them meaningless – the US government can still impose the conditions that Judge Baraitser concluded would kill him, if it decides that Julian “do(es) something subsequent to the offering of these assurances that meets the tests for the imposition of SAMs or designation to ADX”. In other words, it imposes no obligations whatsoever on US authorities to rule out SAMs and ADX, and asserts the US government’s prerogative to impose ADX/SAMs conditions once Julian is in US custody * According to the US government’s own filing, the “assurances” can be overridden by US intelligence agencies on national security grounds (28 C.F.R. § 501.2 or § 501.3), with no transparency at all. Julian has famously exposed how these powerful US agencies engage in criminality and wrongdoing, including torture, in many WikiLeaks publications over the years. News reports have listed US agencies as having carried out illicit activities targeting Julian and our family. It is fanciful to suggest that these agencies would not use their statutory powers to bury Julian alive and in so doing cause his death once he was in US custody * More than 80,000 prisoners a day are held in solitary confinement in the United States outside the Supermax system and the SAMs system according to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics. Even if the US did not apply SAMs or ADX, Julian would be certain to fall into the category of prisoners held in solitary confinement, conditions that the medical experts in this case have found would drive him to suicide (only some 45 people are held in SAMs and approximately 500 in ADX Florence). * The pledge that he could finish his sentence in Australia is not a concession, it is existing, agreed protocol between the US and Australia – but it would only be accessible to Julian when all appeals have been exhausted, which could take more than a decade because the case would inevitably go all the way to the Supreme Court * The history of US conduct of the case – bugging the Ecuadorian Embassy, spying on Julian and our family, targeting Julian’s lawyers and violating legal privilege recording his lawyers’ meetings with him, harvesting DNA from our baby, to name but a few of the known aspects, shows that the US government cannot and should not be trusted to deliver on any “undertakings” they make in relation to Julian. The only criminal activity that has taken place in this case has been committed by the prosecuting state against Julian, his colleagues, friends and family. Amnesty International says: “Such latitude to alter the terms of the core assurances after Assange’s transfer to the US renders them irrelevant from the start since he would remain at risk of ill-treatment in US detention at the point of transfer and afterward”. Julia Hall, their expert on Counter-Terrorism, Criminal Justice and Human Rights, says: “These are not assurances at all…these are inherently unreliable, it promises to do something and then reserves the right to break the promise”. (https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2021/07/24/julia-hall-amnesty-international-expert-on-national-security-assange-should-be-released/6272346/) The so-called “assurances” are not the issue before the court on August 11th. There have however been numerous fleeting reports about the “undertakings” that have completely misconstrued their scope and nature, wrongly suggesting they remove the factors that the Magistrate took into consideration to rule against extradition on January 4th. What the US is proposing is a formula to keep Julian in prison effectively for the rest of his life despite mounting international pressure for his release and a widespread acceptance that the US case is built on lies. It is ironic that the US appeal was granted days after investigative journalists in Iceland revealed that the Department of Justice’s lead witness Thordarson has admitted that allegations in the indictment against Julian that are based on his testimony are fabricated, and that he became a DoJ witness in exchange for immunity from US prosecutors (https://stundin.is/grein/13627/). Those discredited allegations have grossly misled the UK courts and are repeatedly cited in the judgment delivered on January 4th. Julian spent his 50th birthday behind bars in Belmarsh prison, where he has been on remand for two years. He is not a criminal. He is a journalist and a publisher, and he is being punished for doing his job. Julian’s freedom is coupled to all our freedoms - no democratic society can ever make journalism a crime. Although there is growing pressure from legislators, human rights organisations and press freedom groups from around the world for the US to abandon this baseless, politically motivated prosecution, unfortunately we must prepare to fight it in court again. usa_uk_vs._assange/usa_vs_assange-the_extradition_appeal.txt Last modified: 2021/12/16 09:41by editor42