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-======Assange Extradition Hearing - Witness Statements======+======Assange Extradition Hearing - Witness statements + Court papers======
  
  
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 =====Thu 1st Oct 2020===== =====Thu 1st Oct 2020=====
-===• Gareth Pierce, solicitor and human rights activist (Assange legal team)===+====• Gareth Pierce, solicitor and human rights activist (Assange legal team)====
  
  
-[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.10.01_gareth_peirce_1st-statement_edited_redacted.pdf|Statement 1]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.10.01_gareth_peirce_2nd-statement_edited_redacted.pdf|Statement 2]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.10.01_gareth_peirce.pdf|Statement 3]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.10.01_gareth_peirce_4th-statement_edited_redacted.pdf|Statement 4]]  [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.10.01_gareth_peirce_7th-statement.pdf|Statement 7]]+[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.10.01_gareth_peirce_1st-statement_edited_redacted.pdf|Statement 1]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.10.01_gareth_peirce_2nd-statement_edited_redacted.pdf|Statement 2]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.10.01_gareth_peirce.pdf|Statement 3]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.10.01_gareth_peirce_4th-statement_edited_redacted.pdf|Statement 4]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/gareth-pierce_fifth-statement_2020.10.01-assange-extradition-hearings-edited_redacted.pdf|Statement 5]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.10.01_gareth_peirce_7th-statement.pdf|Statement 7]]
  
 {{ witnesses:gareth-pierce2.jpg?180}} {{ witnesses:gareth-pierce2.jpg?180}}
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 More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Peirce|Wikipedia]] [[https://www.birnbergpeirce.co.uk/|Birnber Pierce]] [[https://www.iwlaw.uk/gareth-peirce#!|IW Law]] More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Peirce|Wikipedia]] [[https://www.birnbergpeirce.co.uk/|Birnber Pierce]] [[https://www.iwlaw.uk/gareth-peirce#!|IW Law]]
  
-===• Michael Tigar, US criminal defense attorney===+====• Michael Tigar, US criminal defense attorney====
  
 {{ witnesses:michael-tigar.jpg?150}} {{ witnesses:michael-tigar.jpg?150}}
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 =====Wed 30th Sept 2020===== =====Wed 30th Sept 2020=====
-===• Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent ===+====• Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent ====
  
-**WikiLeaks showed the realities of war** - //(full statement currently unavailable)// +**WikiLeaks showed the realities of war** 
 +[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/patrick_cockburn_15.07.20_redacted_2020.09.30.pdf|Full Statement]]
  
 {{ witnesses:patrick-cockburn.jpg?200}} {{ witnesses:patrick-cockburn.jpg?200}}
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 More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cockburn|Wikipedia]] [[https://www.independent.co.uk/author/patrick-cockburn|The Independent]] More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cockburn|Wikipedia]] [[https://www.independent.co.uk/author/patrick-cockburn|The Independent]]
  
-===• Ian Cobain, former senior reporter at The Guardian ===+====• Ian Cobain, investigative journalist ====
  
-**Only leaked docs confirm what governments cover up** - //(full statement currently unavailable)// +**Only leaked docs confirm what governments cover up**  
 +[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/ian_cobain_17.07.20_redacted_2020.09.30.pdf|Full statement]]
  
 {{ witnesses:ian-cobain.jpeg?150}} {{ witnesses:ian-cobain.jpeg?150}}
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 More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cobain|Wikipedia]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/iancobain|The Guardian]] More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cobain|Wikipedia]] [[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/iancobain|The Guardian]]
  
-===• Stefania Maurizi, investigative journalist ===+====• Stefania Maurizi, investigative journalist ====
  
-**WikiLeaks’ unprecedented document security** - //(full statement currently unavailable)// +**WikiLeaks’ unprecedented document security** 
 +[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/stefania_maurizi_17.07.20_with_exhibits_bookmarked_2020.09.30.pdf|Full statement]]
  
 {{ witnesses:stefania-maurizi.jpg?150}} {{ witnesses:stefania-maurizi.jpg?150}}
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-===• Guy S. Goodwin-Gill , Professor of Law ===+====• Guy S. Goodwin-Gill , Professor of Law ====
  
-**Spied on in the Embassy** - //(full statement currently unavailable)// +**Spied on in the Embassy** [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/guy-goodwin-gill_opinion_2020.09.30.pdf|Opinion in the matter of Julian Assange and certain issues arising in an Application for Extradition]]
  
 {{ witnesses:guy-s-goodwin-gill.jpeg?180}} {{ witnesses:guy-s-goodwin-gill.jpeg?180}}
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-===• Robert J. Boyle, Criminal Defense attorney ===+====• Robert J. Boyle, Criminal Defense attorney ====
 {{ witnesses:robert-j-boyle.jpeg?160}} {{ witnesses:robert-j-boyle.jpeg?160}}
  
-** Chelsea Manning was punished by grand jury** - //(full statement currently unavailable)// +** Chelsea Manning was punished by grand jury** [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/robert-j-boyle_statement-only_2020.09.30_witness-statement.pdf|Statement only]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/robert-j-boyle_statement_exhibits_2020.09.30_witness-statement.pdf|Statement and exhibits]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/robert-j-boyle_bookmarked-bundle-reduced_2020.09.30_witness-statement.pdf|Bundle B (reduced)]]
  
 Criminal Defense attorney specializing in criminal appeals, post-conviction, habeas corpus as well as civil rights litigation. Member of the Executive Committee of the National Lawyers Guild, New York City Chapter. My notable cases include: Criminal Defense attorney specializing in criminal appeals, post-conviction, habeas corpus as well as civil rights litigation. Member of the Executive Committee of the National Lawyers Guild, New York City Chapter. My notable cases include:
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-===• Bridget Prince, executive director of One World Research===+====• Bridget Prince, executive director of One World Research====
 {{ witnesses:bridget_prince.jpg?130}} {{ witnesses:bridget_prince.jpg?130}}
  
-- //(full statement currently unavailable)// +[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/bridget_prince_first_statement_2020.09.30.pdf|Full statement]]
  
-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.
  
 More info: [[https://oneworldresearch.com/who-we-are|One World Research]] More info: [[https://oneworldresearch.com/who-we-are|One World Research]]
  
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-===• Anonymous Witness#1, former UC Global employee ===+====• Anonymous Witness#1, former UC Global employee ====
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-===• Anonymous Witness#2, former UC Global employee  ===+====• Anonymous Witness#2, former UC Global employee  ====
 {{ witnesses:anonymous-witness.png?90}} {{ witnesses:anonymous-witness.png?90}}
  
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-===• Noam Chomsky, academic and public intellectual===+ 
 +====• Aitor Martinez Jimenez, corporate defense layer (Assange legal team)  ==== 
 + 
 +{{ witnesses:aitor-martinez-jimenez.jpg?150}} 
 + 
 +Lawyer in Corporate Defense. He is a regular lecturer at various universities and institutions. He holds an International Doctorate in Law from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and European Doctorate in Criminal Sciences from the Université Paris Nanterre. 
 + 
 +[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/aitor-martinez_2020.09.30-statement1.pdf|Statement 1]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/aitor-martinez_2020.09.30-statement2.pdf|Statement 2]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/aitor-martinez_2020.09.30-statement3.pdf|Statement 3]] 
 + 
 +\\ 
 +====• Noam Chomsky, academic and public intellectual====
  
 [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/noam_chomsky.pdf|Full statement]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/noam_chomsky.pdf|Full statement]]
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-===• Andy Worthington, investigative journalist, author===+====• Andy Worthington, investigative journalist, author====
 {{ witnesses:andy-worthington.jpg?140}} {{ witnesses:andy-worthington.jpg?140}}
  
-[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.09.18_andy-worthington.pdf|Full statement]]+[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/andy-worthington_2020.09.18_witness-statement.pdf|Full statement]]
  
 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, Human Rights attorney===+====• Jameel Jaffer, Human Rights attorney====
 {{ witnesses:jameel-jaffer.jpeg?140}} {{ witnesses:jameel-jaffer.jpeg?140}}
  
-- //(full statement currently unavailable)// +[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/jameel-jaffer_2020.09.30_witness-statement.pdf|Full statement]]
  
 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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 =====Tue 29th Sept 2020===== =====Tue 29th Sept 2020=====
-===• Maureen Baird, former high ranking US Bureau of Prisons official===+====• Maureen Baird, former Bureau of Prisons warden====
  
-- //(full statement currently unavailable)// +[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/maureen-baird_2020.09.29_witness-statement.pdf|Full Statement]]
  
 {{ witnesses:maureen-baird.png?150}} {{ witnesses:maureen-baird.png?150}}
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 More info: [[https://alanellis.com/attorney-profiles/maureen-baird/|Allan Ellis law offices]] More info: [[https://alanellis.com/attorney-profiles/maureen-baird/|Allan Ellis law offices]]
  
-===• Lindsay A. Lewis, Criminal Defense Attorney in New York ===+====• Lindsay A. Lewis, US criminal defense attorney ====
 {{ witnesses:lindsay-a-lewis.jpg?150}} {{ witnesses:lindsay-a-lewis.jpg?150}}
  
-- //(full statement currently unavailable)// +[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/lindsay-lewis_2020.09.29-witness-statement.pdf|Full Statement]]
  
 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, such as limiting a client's capacity to pursue advanced educational and career goals, or threatening their ability to maintain a professional license, work for the government, or serve in the military.  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, such as limiting a client's capacity to pursue advanced educational and career goals, or threatening their ability to maintain a professional license, work for the government, or serve in the military. 
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 =====Mon 28th Sept 2020===== =====Mon 28th Sept 2020=====
-===• Yancey Ellis, Virginia lawyer ===+====• Yancey Ellis, US attorney, state of Virginia ====
 {{ witnesses:yancey-ellis.jpg?150}} {{ witnesses:yancey-ellis.jpg?150}}
  
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 More info: [[https://www.carmichaellegal.com/yancey-ellis|Carmichael Legal]] More info: [[https://www.carmichaellegal.com/yancey-ellis|Carmichael Legal]]
  
-===• Joel Sickler, prison advocate ===+====• Joel Sickler, defence litigator ====
 {{ witnesses:joel-sickler.jpg?120}} {{ witnesses:joel-sickler.jpg?120}}
  
-[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.09.28_joel-sickler-20.06.20.pdf|Statement 1]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.09.28_joel-stickler_2nd-statement_redacted.pdf|Statement 2]]+[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.09.28_joel-sickler-20.06.20.pdf|Statement 1]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.09.28_joel-stickler_2nd-statement_redacted.pdf|Statement 2]] (redacted)
  
 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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 =====Fri 25th Sept 2020===== =====Fri 25th Sept 2020=====
  
-===• Patrick Eller, computer forensics expert ===+====• Patrick Eller, computer forensics expert ====
 {{ witnesses:patrick-eller.png?150}} {{ witnesses:patrick-eller.png?150}}
  
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 More info: [[https://digitalforensiccommunity.com/extra-hands/|Digital Forensic Community]] [[https://metadataforensics.com/about-us/|Metadata Forensics]] More info: [[https://digitalforensiccommunity.com/extra-hands/|Digital Forensic Community]] [[https://metadataforensics.com/about-us/|Metadata Forensics]]
  
-===• Jakob Augustein, editor of German weekly Der Freitag ===+====• Jakob Augustein, editor and publisher of Der Freitag ====
 {{ witnesses:jakob_augstein.jpg?150}} {{ witnesses:jakob_augstein.jpg?150}}
  
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 More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Augstein|Wikipedia]] [[https://www.freitag.de/autoren/jaugstein|Der Freitag]] More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Augstein|Wikipedia]] [[https://www.freitag.de/autoren/jaugstein|Der Freitag]]
 +
 +\\
 +====• Jennifer Robinson, international human rights lawyer, Assange legal team ====
 +{{ witnesses:jen-robinson.jpg?0x150}}
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 +**Statement regarding the meeting that took place between Assange and Dana Rohrabacher on August 15, 2017** [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/jennifer-robinson_assange-rohrabacher-meeting-15.aug.2017_020.09.18.pdf|Full statement]] 
 +
 +Jen specialises in media law, public law and international law and has long represented Assange in this and other legal proceedings since 2010.
 +
 +More info: [[https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/jennifer-robinson|Doughty Street Chambers]]
 +
 +\\
 +====• Christopher Butler, office manager Internet Archive (archive.org) ====
 +{{ witnesses:anonymous-witness.png?130}}
 +[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.09.24_christopher-butler-archive.org-16.07.20.pdf|Full statement]]
 +
 +The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge."It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and millions of books. In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating a free and open Internet. The Internet Archive currently holds over 20 million books and texts, 3 million movies and videos, 400,000 software programs, 7 million audio files, and 463 billion web pages in the Wayback Machine. 
 +
 +More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive| Wikipedia]] [[http://blog.archive.org/author/butler/|Internet Archive (Chris Butler)]] 
 =====Thu 24th Sept 2020===== =====Thu 24th Sept 2020=====
  
-===• Nigel Blackwood, forensic psychiatrist (prosecution witness) ===+====• Nigel Blackwood, forensic psychiatrist (prosecution expert witness) ====
 {{ witnesses:nigel-blackwood.jpg?150}} {{ witnesses:nigel-blackwood.jpg?150}}
  
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 More info: [[https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/nigel-blackwood|King's College]] [[https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-10-02-revealed-key-assange-prosecution-witness-is-part-of-academic-cluster-which-has-received-millions-of-pounds-from-uk-and-us-militaries/|Declassified UK article exposing conflict of interest]] More info: [[https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/nigel-blackwood|King's College]] [[https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-10-02-revealed-key-assange-prosecution-witness-is-part-of-academic-cluster-which-has-received-millions-of-pounds-from-uk-and-us-militaries/|Declassified UK article exposing conflict of interest]]
  
-===• Sondra Crosby, Professor of Medicine ===+====• Sondra Crosby, Professor of Medicine ====
 {{ witnesses:sondra-crosby.jpg?160}} {{ witnesses:sondra-crosby.jpg?160}}
  
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-===• John Young, host of Chryptome.org ===+====• John Young, host of Chryptome.org ====
 {{ witnesses:john-young.jpg?200}} {{ witnesses:john-young.jpg?200}}
  
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 More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptome|Wikipedia]] [[https://cryptome.org/|Cryptome]] More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptome|Wikipedia]] [[https://cryptome.org/|Cryptome]]
  
-===• Christopher Butler, office manager Internet Archive (archive.org) === 
-{{ witnesses:anonymous-witness.png?130}} 
-[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/2020.09.24_christopher-butler-archive.org-16.07.20.pdf|Full statement]] 
  
-The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge."It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and millions of books. In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating a free and open Internet. The Internet Archive currently holds over 20 million books and texts, 3 million movies and videos, 400,000 software programs, 7 million audio files, and 463 billion web pages in the Wayback Machine.  
- 
-More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive| Wikipedia]] [[http://blog.archive.org/author/butler/|Internet Archive (Chris Butler)]]  
 =====Wed 23rd Sept 2020===== =====Wed 23rd Sept 2020=====
  
-===• Dr. Quinton Deeley, Royal College of Psychiatrists, ADHD and autism specialist ===+====• Dr. Quinton Deeley, consultant psychiatrist, ADHD and autism specialist - defense medical expert ====
 {{ witnesses:quinton-deeley2.jpg?150}} {{ witnesses:quinton-deeley2.jpg?150}}
  
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 More info: [[http://www.quintondeeley.co.uk/|Personal website]] [[https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/quinton-deeley|King's College]] More info: [[http://www.quintondeeley.co.uk/|Personal website]] [[https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/quinton-deeley|King's College]]
  
-===• Seena Fazel, Professor of forensic psychiatry (prosecution witness)===+ 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +=====Tue 22nd Sept 2020===== 
 + 
 +====• Michael Kopelman, forensic psychiatrist and professor of neuropsychiatry - defense medical expert==== 
 +{{ witnesses:michael-kopelman.jpg?170}} 
 + 
 +**High risk of suicide if Assange is extradited**- //(full statement currently unavailable)//  
 + 
 +Michael Kopelman has acted as an expert witness in cases involving neuropsychiatric or memory disorders, including amnesia for an offence, false confessions, civil liberties (detainees, control orders, Guantanamo returnees), death row, or extradition proceedings and some civil cases mainly involving head injury. He has been involved in criminal, Appeal Court, House of Lords/Supreme Court, Privy Council, and United Nations-sponsored cases. 
 + 
 +More info: [[http://www.forensicpsychiatrychambers.com/professor-michael-kopelman| Forensic Psychiatry Chambers]] [[https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-groups/neuropsychiatry|King's College London]] 
 + 
 +\\ 
 +====• Seena Fazel, professor of forensic psychiatry - prosecution medical expert====
 {{ witnesses:seena_fazel.jpg?130}} {{ witnesses:seena_fazel.jpg?130}}
  
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 More info: [[https://fazel.org/|Personal website]] [[https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/professor-seena-fazel|University of Oxford]] More info: [[https://fazel.org/|Personal website]] [[https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/professor-seena-fazel|University of Oxford]]
- +====• Kate Humphreys, clinical neuropsychologist and clinical psychologist - defense medical expert====
-===• Kate Humphreys, clinical neuropsychologist and clinical psychologist, independent expert witness===+
 {{ witnesses:kate-humphreys.jpg?200}} {{ witnesses:kate-humphreys.jpg?200}}
  
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 More info: [[https://www.expertwitness.co.uk/expert/5763c807ca2f3af2228b62da|Expert witness]] [[https://www.hughkochassociates.co.uk/?s=kate+humphreys|Hugh Koch Associates]] More info: [[https://www.expertwitness.co.uk/expert/5763c807ca2f3af2228b62da|Expert witness]] [[https://www.hughkochassociates.co.uk/?s=kate+humphreys|Hugh Koch Associates]]
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-=====Tue 22nd Sept 2020===== 
- 
-===• Michael Kopelman, forensic psychiatrist and professor of neuropsychiatry === 
-{{ witnesses:michael-kopelman.jpg?170}} 
- 
-**High risk of suicide if Assange is extradited**- //(full statement currently unavailable)//  
- 
-Michael Kopelman has acted as an expert witness in cases involving neuropsychiatric or memory disorders, including amnesia for an offence, false confessions, civil liberties (detainees, control orders, Guantanamo returnees), death row, or extradition proceedings and some civil cases mainly involving head injury. He has been involved in criminal, Appeal Court, House of Lords/Supreme Court, Privy Council, and United Nations-sponsored cases. 
- 
-More info: [[http://www.forensicpsychiatrychambers.com/professor-michael-kopelman| Forensic Psychiatry Chambers]] [[https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-groups/neuropsychiatry|King's College London]] 
  
 =====Mon 21st Sept 2020===== =====Mon 21st Sept 2020=====
  
-===• Christian Grothoff, computer science professor, Switzerland ===+====• Christian Grothoff, computer science professor, Switzerland ====
 {{ witnesses:christian-grothoff.jpg?130}} {{ witnesses:christian-grothoff.jpg?130}}
  
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 More info: [[https://grothoff.org/christian/|personal website]] More info: [[https://grothoff.org/christian/|personal website]]
  
-===• Cassandra Fairbanks, US journalist===+====• Cassandra Fairbanks, US journalist====
 {{ witnesses:cassandra-fairbanks.jpeg?0X150}} {{ witnesses:cassandra-fairbanks.jpeg?0X150}}
  
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 =====Fri 18th Sept 2020===== =====Fri 18th Sept 2020=====
  
-===• Nicholas Hager, New Zealand investigative journalist ===+====• Nicholas Hager, New Zealand investigative journalist ====
 {{ witnesses:nick-hager.jpg?0x150}} {{ witnesses:nick-hager.jpg?0x150}}
  
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-===• Jennifer Robinson, international human rights lawyer, Assange legal team ===+====• Jennifer Robinson, international human rights lawyer, Assange legal team ====
 {{ witnesses:jen-robinson.jpg?0x150}} {{ witnesses:jen-robinson.jpg?0x150}}
  
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-===• Khaled El-Masri, survivor of CIA kidnapping, torture, rendition, and detention === 
-{{ witnesses/kaled_elmasri.jpg?0x150}} 
  
-[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/khaled-el-masri.pdf|Full statement]] +====• Dean Yates, former Reuters bureau chief====
-<blockquote> +
-At each stage of [<del>my</del>] raising my predicament, governements, both my own and those who played a direct part, have sought to discredit my account and in a number of different ways attempted to silence me. But, at each juncture it has been journalists and investigators informed by WikiLeaks documents that have been able, through their painstaking and diligent work, to corroborate my story and restore credibility to my account.</blockquote> +
- +
-Khaled El-Masri (born 29 June 1963) is a German and Lebanese citizen who was mistakenly abducted by the Macedonian police in 2003, and handed over to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). While in CIA custody, he was flown to Afghanistan, where he was held at a black site and routinely interrogated, beaten, strip-searched, sodomized, and subjected to other cruel forms of inhumane and degrading treatment and torture. After El-Masri held hunger strikes, and was detained for four months in the "Salt Pit", the CIA finally admitted his arrest and torture were a mistake and released him. He is believed to be among an estimated 3,000 detainees whom the CIA abducted from 2001–2005. +
- +
-More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_El-Masri|Wikipedia]] +
- +
-\\  +
-===• Dean Yates, former Reuters journalist===+
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 =====Thu 17th Sept 2020===== =====Thu 17th Sept 2020=====
-===• John Sloboda, Iraq Body Count Project ===+====• John Sloboda, Iraq Body Count Project ====
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-===• Carey Shenkman, human rights attorney and expert on the Espionage Act ===+====• Khaled El-Masri, survivor of CIA kidnapping, torture, rendition, and detention ==== 
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 + 
 +[[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/khaled-el-masri.pdf|Full statement]] 
 +<blockquote> 
 +At each stage of [<del>my</del>] raising my predicament, governements, both my own and those who played a direct part, have sought to discredit my account and in a number of different ways attempted to silence me. But, at each juncture it has been journalists and investigators informed by WikiLeaks documents that have been able, through their painstaking and diligent work, to corroborate my story and restore credibility to my account.</blockquote> 
 + 
 +Khaled El-Masri (born 29 June 1963) is a German and Lebanese citizen who was mistakenly abducted by the Macedonian police in 2003, and handed over to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). While in CIA custody, he was flown to Afghanistan, where he was held at a black site and routinely interrogated, beaten, strip-searched, sodomized, and subjected to other cruel forms of inhumane and degrading treatment and torture. After El-Masri held hunger strikes, and was detained for four months in the "Salt Pit", the CIA finally admitted his arrest and torture were a mistake and released him. He is believed to be among an estimated 3,000 detainees whom the CIA abducted from 2001–2005. 
 + 
 +More info: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_El-Masri|Wikipedia]] 
 + 
 +\\  
 + 
 +====• Carey Shenkman, human rights attorney and expert on the Espionage Act ====
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 =====Wed 16th Sept 2020===== =====Wed 16th Sept 2020=====
  
-===• John Goetz, former journalist at 'Der Spiegel' === +====• John Goetz, former journalist at 'Der Spiegel' ==== 
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 More info: https://www.journalismfestival.com/speaker/john-goetz More info: https://www.journalismfestival.com/speaker/john-goetz
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-===• Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower === +====• Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower ====
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 =====Tue 15th Sept 2020===== =====Tue 15th Sept 2020=====
  
-===• Thomas A. Durkin, US criminal defense attorney ===+====• Thomas A. Durkin, former US district court judge ====
  
 **Assange would not get a fair trial in the United States** [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/thomas-a-durkin_2020.09.15_witness-statement-1.pdf|Statement 1]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/thomas-a-durkin_2020.09.15_witness-statement-2.pdf|Statement 2]] **Assange would not get a fair trial in the United States** [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/thomas-a-durkin_2020.09.15_witness-statement-1.pdf|Statement 1]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/thomas-a-durkin_2020.09.15_witness-statement-2.pdf|Statement 2]]
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 =====Mon 14th Sept 2020 ===== =====Mon 14th Sept 2020 =====
  
-===• Eric Lewis, chairman of Reprieve ===+====• Eric Lewis, US attorney, chairman of Reprieve ====
  
 ** *Julian Assange shouldn’t be extradited, would face solitary confinement in the United States**\\ ** *Julian Assange shouldn’t be extradited, would face solitary confinement in the United States**\\
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 =====Wed 9th Sept 2020===== =====Wed 9th Sept 2020=====
  
-===• Trevor Timm, Freedom of the Press foundation ===+====• Trevor Timm, Freedom of the Press foundation ====
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-===• Pr. Paul Rogers, Emeritus professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University===+====• Pr. Paul Rogers, Emeritus professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University====
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 =====Tue 8th Sept 2020===== =====Tue 8th Sept 2020=====
  
-===• Clive Stafford Smith, former director of Reprieve ===+====• Clive Stafford Smith, former director of Reprieve ====
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 =====Mon 7th Sept 2020===== =====Mon 7th Sept 2020=====
  
-===• Mark Feldstein, journalism historian and professor at the University of Maryland === +====• Mark Feldstein, journalism historian and professor at the University of Maryland ==== 
 {{ witnesses:mark-feldstein.jpg?0x150}} {{ witnesses:mark-feldstein.jpg?0x150}}
  
-**Gives historical context for WikiLeaks’ journalism** [[https://defend.wikileaks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mark-Feldstein-witness-statement.pdf|Full statement]] +**Gives historical context for WikiLeaks’ journalism** [[https://defend.wikileaks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mark-Feldstein-witness-statement.pdf|Statement 1]] [[https://challengepower.info/_media/witness_statements/mark-feldstein_supplemental-statement_2020.09.07.pdf|Statement 2]]
 <blockquote> <blockquote>
 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 
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