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For the third day in a row, @amnesty & 40 other legal observers, have been denied access to the technology that would allow them to observe the extradition hearing of @WikiLeaks founder #JulianAssange.
This was the letter we received yesterday.
#Assange https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1303288781714468865
This was the letter we received yesterday.
#Assange https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1303288781714468865
In her letter, the judge expresses her "regret" at her decision to deny remote access to the proceedings to @amnesty but offers no reason for her decision
Instead, she sets out rules to ensure the court is #COVID19 safe
But remote access is FAR safer than practices I witnessed.
Instead, she sets out rules to ensure the court is #COVID19 safe
But remote access is FAR safer than practices I witnessed.
Telling legal observers - some of whom are from the European Parliament - that they have to compete with the public for one of 8 gallery seats results in a scrum of people at the doorway to the court.
There was no distancing & even court officials & police weren't wearing masks.
There was no distancing & even court officials & police weren't wearing masks.
Today, two activists joined the queue for the public gallery in the early hours of the morning in order to give their spaces to @RSF_en observers.
Despite this, the court has so far refused them entry as they're awaiting some "VIPs” who haven't turned up. https://twitter.com/rebecca_vincent/status/1303624029266481152
Despite this, the court has so far refused them entry as they're awaiting some "VIPs” who haven't turned up. https://twitter.com/rebecca_vincent/status/1303624029266481152
End of Day 3. “We were able to monitor about 45 minutes of Prof Paul Rogers’ testimony, in which he spoke of his belief that the US case against #Assange is politically motivated.” @rebecca_vincent @RSF_inter. #JulianAssange #AssangeCase #AssangeHearing
“Sitting 20 feet away from #JulianAssange", I was struck by how much of a shadow of his former self he had become."
For the fourth consecutive day, @amnesty & other fair trial monitors, have been refused access to the proceedings in the #Assange hearing. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/09/julian-assange-extradition-hearing-punishing-the-publisher/
For the fourth consecutive day, @amnesty & other fair trial monitors, have been refused access to the proceedings in the #Assange hearing. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/09/julian-assange-extradition-hearing-punishing-the-publisher/
I met #JulianAssange briefly when he spoke at the Occupy London camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral in 2011
It was an extraordinary time
Occupy Wall St was spreading across the US & the Arab Spring was sweeping N. Africa / Middle East
It was a time when anything seemed possible.
It was an extraordinary time
Occupy Wall St was spreading across the US & the Arab Spring was sweeping N. Africa / Middle East
It was a time when anything seemed possible.
Outside the Old Bailey, #Assange's hearing has been like a carnival. Inside the courtroom, it's been a circus!
Hearing adjourned til Monday due to a #COVID19 scare with husband of one of the US lawyers coming down with Covid-like symptoms.
#JulianAssange https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/10/julian-assange-hearing-paused-for-lawyer-to-get-covid-test?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1599740629
Hearing adjourned til Monday due to a #COVID19 scare with husband of one of the US lawyers coming down with Covid-like symptoms.
#JulianAssange https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/10/julian-assange-hearing-paused-for-lawyer-to-get-covid-test?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1599740629
CARNIVAL: “We have a nice time here. But remember: carnivals come cheap. What matters is the day after.” Slavo Žižek
COURT: “Wherever he went, he’d bring the circus with him. But now - stood before the hanging judge - Moody longed for fewer clowns: for solemnity.“ Emerson Warner
COURT: “Wherever he went, he’d bring the circus with him. But now - stood before the hanging judge - Moody longed for fewer clowns: for solemnity.“ Emerson Warner
The US Dept of Justice is reportedly obstructing a Spanish High Court request for assistance in its investigation into whether the Spanish company, UC Global & its owner, that spied on #JulianAssange, collaborated with the CIA. ( @elpaisinenglish) #Assange https://elpais.com/internacional/2020-09-09/ee-uu-pone-trabas-a-investigar-si-la-empresa-espanola-que-espio-a-assange-colaboro-con-la-cia.html
Campaigns Director for @RSF_inter, @rebecca_vincent, gives an overview of proceedings so far at #Assange’s extradition hearing. Severe restrictions imposed on trial observers meant RSF is the only NGO that gained access to @wikileaks publisher’s hearing.
We’ve just had news that the US junior counsel’s #COVID19 test has come back negative and #Assange’s extradition hearing will therefore continue on Monday.
The hearing was halted on Thursday due to a #COVID scare. #JulianAssange #Assangecase #DontExtraditeAssange #BREAKING
The hearing was halted on Thursday due to a #COVID scare. #JulianAssange #Assangecase #DontExtraditeAssange #BREAKING
