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US v Julian Assange Westminster Magistrates Court 3, 27 July 2020 Administrative and Case Management Hearing Present at Court were Judge Vanessa Baraitser, Fitzgerald QC for Defence, Smith QC for Crown Prosecution Service /United States Department of Justice. There were 9 souls in the public gallery, 6 members of the press in court. Judge Baraitser,…

By Thomas Scripps28 July 2020 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s case management hearing yesterday continued the travesty of legal due process to which he has been subjected for more than a decade. The journalist and publisher is fighting extradition to the United States, where he faces politically motivated frame-up charges of espionage with a combined potential…

ComputerWeekly.comBy Bill Goodwin The Spanish National Court, Audiencia Nacional, this week heard testimony from four former employees of a company that provided security services to the Ecuadorian Embassy in London when it offered sanctuary to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The court in Madrid is investigating whether Undercover Global SL and its owner, David Morales Guillén, secretly recorded…

The alleged spying on Julian Assange and his immediate circle while at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London makes his extradition to the United States illegal, Baltasar Garzon, coordinator of Assange’s legal team said on Monday MADRID (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – 27th July, 2020) The alleged spying on Julian Assange and his immediate circle while…

MADRID The Associated Press Published 7 hours ago Updated July 27, 2020 1 Comments % buffered 00:00 Spain’s National Court heard testimony Monday in an investigation into whether a Spanish company was hired to spy on Julian Assange during the seven years the WikiLeaks founder spent in the Ecuadorean embassy in London. The court is…

12:55 GMT 27.07.2020(updated 13:00 GMT 27.07.2020) by Mohamed Elmaazi Julian Assange’s substantive extradition hearings are due to restart on 7 September at the Old Bailey, where it will be decided whether or not he should be sent the US to face up to 175 years in prison. Julian Assange’s defence team informed the court on…

24. 07. 2020 Julian Assange is expected to appear over video link at Westminster Magistrates’ Court’s hearing on Monday (27 July), despite medical advice that he risks contracting COVID-19. A lung infection combined with a pre-existing condition and the risk of exposure to COVID-19 had prevented him from attending recent hearings. For the past seventeen…

Patrick Maynard connects U.S. and U.K. influence to the indifference of the West’s top anti-corruption NGO toward the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder. By Patrick Maynardin BerlinThe Grayzone On a cool July day, the Berlin neighborhood where Transparency International’s global headquarters is situated feels a thousand miles away from London’s Belmarsh Prison. But it is not just…

Craig Murray says he’s been asked to testify in the case of illegal spying against Julian Assange.  By Joe LauriaSpecial to Consortium News The former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and a close associate of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange says he was the “top target” of the 24/7 surveillance of Assange at Ecuador’s embassy in…

By Don’t Extradite Assange. July 18, 2020 | Organize! In Birmingham, Plymouth, and Newcastle trades councils have voted to join the campaign to halt the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States where he could face 175 years in jail. In recent weeks the three metropolitan trades councils, which are attended by…