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witness_statements:assange_extradition_hearing_witness_statements [2020/10/16 05:00] – [• Dean Yates, former Reuters journalist] iris | witness_statements:assange_extradition_hearing_witness_statements [2020/10/16 20:20] – [• Bridget Prince, executive director of One World Research] iris | ||
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- | ======Assange Extradition Hearing - Witness | + | ======Assange Extradition Hearing - Witness |
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- | ====• Ian Cobain, | + | ====• Ian Cobain, |
**Only leaked docs confirm what governments cover up** | **Only leaked docs confirm what governments cover up** | ||
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====• Guy S. Goodwin-Gill , Professor of Law ==== | ====• Guy S. Goodwin-Gill , Professor of Law ==== | ||
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- | ** Chelsea Manning was punished by grand jury** - //(full statement | + | ** Chelsea Manning was punished by grand jury** |
Criminal Defense attorney specializing in criminal appeals, post-conviction, | Criminal Defense attorney specializing in criminal appeals, post-conviction, | ||
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Bridget Prince is executive director of One World Research. Bridget has worked as an investigator and researcher for over a decade during which time she has travelled all over the world gathering information for a variety of public interest and human rights causes. | Bridget Prince is executive director of One World Research. Bridget has worked as an investigator and researcher for over a decade during which time she has travelled all over the world gathering information for a variety of public interest and human rights causes. | ||
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Investigative journalist, author, campaigner, commentator and public speaker. Recognized as an authority on Guantánamo and the “war on terror.” Co-founder, Close Guantánamo and We Stand With Shaker. Also, photo-journalist (The State of London), and singer and songwriter (The Four Fathers). | Investigative journalist, author, campaigner, commentator and public speaker. Recognized as an authority on Guantánamo and the “war on terror.” Co-founder, Close Guantánamo and We Stand With Shaker. Also, photo-journalist (The State of London), and singer and songwriter (The Four Fathers). | ||
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Jameel Jaffer is a human rights and civil liberties attorney and the inaugural director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which was created to defend the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age.[He] is particularly notable for the role he played in litigating Freedom of Information Act requests that led to the release of documents concerning the torture of prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and in CIA black sites. | Jameel Jaffer is a human rights and civil liberties attorney and the inaugural director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which was created to defend the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age.[He] is particularly notable for the role he played in litigating Freedom of Information Act requests that led to the release of documents concerning the torture of prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and in CIA black sites. | ||
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- | ====• Maureen Baird, former | + | ====• Maureen Baird, former Bureau of Prisons |
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- | ====• Lindsay A. Lewis, | + | ====• Lindsay A. Lewis, |
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Lindsay A. Lewis practices in federal and state court on both the trial and appellate level. She has successfully defended a wide range of matters, from extradition cases to high-profile cyber, terrorism, drug trafficking and fraud cases, to minor cases with potentially serious collateral consequences, | Lindsay A. Lewis practices in federal and state court on both the trial and appellate level. She has successfully defended a wide range of matters, from extradition cases to high-profile cyber, terrorism, drug trafficking and fraud cases, to minor cases with potentially serious collateral consequences, | ||
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- | ====• Joel Sickler, | + | ====• Joel Sickler, |
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Joel Sickler has worked in the field of sentencing and corrections for more than 30 years and currently heads the Justice Advocacy Group, LLC. He is one of the country’s premier post-conviction specialists. | Joel Sickler has worked in the field of sentencing and corrections for more than 30 years and currently heads the Justice Advocacy Group, LLC. He is one of the country’s premier post-conviction specialists. | ||
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- | ====• Jakob Augustein, editor of German weekly | + | ====• Jakob Augustein, editor |
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+ | ====• Jennifer Robinson, international human rights lawyer, Assange legal team ==== | ||
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+ | **Statement regarding the meeting that took place between Assange and Dana Rohrabacher on August 15, 2017** [[https:// | ||
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+ | Jen specialises in media law, public law and international law and has long represented Assange in this and other legal proceedings since 2010. | ||
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+ | ====• Christopher Butler, office manager Internet Archive (archive.org) ==== | ||
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+ | The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of " | ||
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- | ====• Nigel Blackwood, forensic psychiatrist (prosecution witness) ==== | + | ====• Nigel Blackwood, forensic psychiatrist (prosecution |
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- | ====• Christopher Butler, office manager Internet Archive (archive.org) ==== | ||
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- | The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of " | ||
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=====Wed 23rd Sept 2020===== | =====Wed 23rd Sept 2020===== | ||
- | ====• Dr. Quinton Deeley, psychiatrist, | + | ====• Dr. Quinton Deeley, |
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+ | ====• Michael Kopelman, forensic psychiatrist and professor of neuropsychiatry - defense medical expert==== | ||
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+ | **High risk of suicide if Assange is extradited**- //(full statement currently unavailable)// | ||
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+ | Michael Kopelman has acted as an expert witness in cases involving neuropsychiatric or memory disorders, including amnesia for an offence, false confessions, | ||
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- | + | ====• Kate Humphreys, clinical neuropsychologist and clinical psychologist | |
- | ====• Kate Humphreys, clinical neuropsychologist and clinical psychologist. (prosecution witness)==== | + | |
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- | ====• Michael Kopelman, forensic psychiatrist and professor of neuropsychiatry ==== | ||
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- | **High risk of suicide if Assange is extradited**- //(full statement currently unavailable)// | ||
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- | Michael Kopelman has acted as an expert witness in cases involving neuropsychiatric or memory disorders, including amnesia for an offence, false confessions, | ||
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- | **Gives historical context for WikiLeaks’ journalism** [[https:// | + | **Gives historical context for WikiLeaks’ journalism** [[https:// |
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Activist publications have been a staple of American journalism ever since, championing radical causes such as the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage, labor unions, pacifism, socialism and other unpopular movements. Like WikiLeaks, America’s editorial activists published unfiltered documents with minimal contextualizing and rarely bothered to interview both sides. Then and now, alternative news outlets | Activist publications have been a staple of American journalism ever since, championing radical causes such as the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage, labor unions, pacifism, socialism and other unpopular movements. Like WikiLeaks, America’s editorial activists published unfiltered documents with minimal contextualizing and rarely bothered to interview both sides. Then and now, alternative news outlets |