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-====== USA vs Julian Assange extradition hearing Part 1 - 24-28Feb 2020 ======
+====== USA + UK vs. Assange: UK Extradition Hearing S01E01 (24 - 28th Febuary 2020) ======
+**S01E01 - //The Empire Strikes Back//**
+This page is dedicated to the first part of the hearing. Read about the [[usa_uk_vs_julian_assange_-_extradition_hearing_part_2|second part of the hearing here]].
+======Part 1: 24 - 28 Feb 2020 ======
+{{https://original.antiwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/assange-cartoon.jpg}}
 **Document the hearing here** !!
-See also : [[Tactics and actions]] An evolving non-exhaustive list of the many actions that are happening, will happen against the US extradition, in defense of freedom of the press, WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. Protests, vigils, exhibitions..
+//See also [[actions_and_exhibitions]], an evolving non-exhaustive list of the many actions that are happening, will happen against the US extradition, in defence of freedom of the press, WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. Protests, vigils, exhibitions..//
 ===== Where does the hearing take place ? ======
-Woolwich Crown Court/Belmarsh Magistrate’s Court, which is adjacent to [[belmarsh_high-security_prison|HMP Belmarsh]] ([[https://defend.wikileaks.org/2020/02/23/usa-v-julian-assange-extradition-hearing/#directions|See travel advice]])
+Woolwich Crown Court, which is adjacent to [[belmarsh_high-security_prison|HMP Belmarsh]] ([[https://defend.wikileaks.org/2020/02/23/usa-v-julian-assange-extradition-hearing/#directions|How to get there]])
 ===== Case overview and Essential background =====
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 ===== The Hearing =====
+==== Harassment and interference ====
+=== WikiLeaks Twitter account LOCKED ahead of Assange extradition hearing ====
+WikiLeaks demands answers as Twitter account LOCKED ahead of Assange extradition hearing https://www.rt.com/news/481049-wikileaks-locked-twitter-extradition-assange/
 ==== Defence Opening ====
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 Here is the full text of the Defence team's opening statement in court:
-{{:ja_defence_opening.pdf}}
+{{docs:ja_defence_opening.pdf}}
 ==== Prosecution "skeleton" argument ====
-Here is the [[extradition_skeleton_argument|"skeleton" (a rough overview) of arguments the prosecution wants to make]] in court:
+Here is the [[extradition_skeleton_argument|"skeleton" (a rough overview) of arguments the prosecution wants to make]] in court.
+{{ ::assange_in_a_glass_cage_woolwich_court_feb2020.jpg?nolink&200|}}
-==== Day 1 - 24th Feb ====
-=== Summary of day 1 proceedings ===
+==== Day 1 - 24th Feb ====
-Remarkable summary by the Courage Foundation: https://defend.wikileaks.org/2020/02/24/usa-v-julian-assange-extradition-day-1/
+  * Remarkable summary by the Courage Foundation: https://defend.wikileaks.org/2020/02/24/usa-v-julian-assange-extradition-day-1/
+  * Essential analysis by Craig Murray: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/02/your-man-in-the-public-gallery-assange-hearing-day-1/
+  * Patrick Henningsen (21st Century Wire) [[https://twitter.com/21WIRE/status/1231908625821708289|tweets from inside the court]]
-Essential analysis by Craig Murray: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/02/your-man-in-the-public-gallery-assange-hearing-day-1/
+=== Press reports ===
+  * Attending Assange trial day 1, Tim Dawson, National Union of Journalists https://www.nuj.org.uk/news/attending-the-assange-trial-day-one/
 ==== Day 2 - 25th Feb ====
-https://www.nuj.org.uk/news/attending-the-assange-trial-day-two/
+  * Another brilliant [[https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/02/your-man-in-the-public-gallery-assange-hearing-day-2/|report and analysis by Craig Murray]]
+  * Patrick Henningsen (21st Century Wire) [[https://twitter.com/21WIRE/status/1232270900726304769|tweets from inside the court]]
+=== Press reports ===
+  * Unordered List ItemAttending Assange trial day 2, Tim Dawson, National Union of Journalists https://www.nuj.org.uk/news/attending-the-assange-trial-day-two/
 ==== Day 3 - 26th Feb ====
+  * Yet another implacably brilliant [[https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/02/your-man-in-the-public-gallery-the-assange-hearing-day-3/|report by Craig Murray]]
+  * Patrick Henningsen (21st Century Wire)[[https://twitter.com/21WIRE/status/1232633160921419778|tweets from inside the court]]
+=== Press reports ===
+  * Assange court report day 3 Morning, Bridges for Media Freedom https://assangecourt.report/day-3-morning-en/
 ==== Day 4 - 27th Feb ====
+  * L.A. Times - 2020/02/27 [[https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-02-27/assange-denied-request-to-sit-next-to-his-lawyers-as-first-phase-of-extradition-hearing-ends|Assange denied request to sit next to his lawyers as first phase of extradition hearing ends]] -
+  * Patrick Henningsen of 21st Century Wire [[https://twitter.com/21WIRE/status/1233029360610922497|tweets from inside the court]]
+End of the hearing session around 15h00 (no hearing on Friday 28th).
 ==== Day 5 - 28th Feb ====
-===== Press =====
+No hearing. Next session: May 18th (for up to 3 weeks). //Postponed to **September 2020** due to lockdown.//
+(Until then some technical, "case management" hearings in March and April)
+===== Other Press coverage =====
 ==== (En) ====
-==== (Fr) ====
+  * [[https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2020/03/02/julian-assange-is-the-defendant-journalism-is-under-trial/5722796|Julian Assange is the defendant, journalism is under trial]] - S. Maurizzi (Fatto Quotidiano) - 2020/03/02
+==== (Fr) ====
+  * [[https://www.legrandsoir.info/compte-rendu-du-proces-assange-1er-jour.html|Traduction par Le Grand Soir du compte rendu du 1er jour d'audience par Craig Murray]]