Assange given tiny lifeline in Kangaroo Court for American vengeance

Julian Assange wins temporary reprieve in case against extradition to US

Julian Assange has been handed a reprieve in his fight against extradition to the US after two judges ruled the WikiLeaks founder could take his case to an appeal hearing – but only if the Biden administration is unable to provide the court with suitable assurances.

The president of the king’s bench division, Victoria Sharp, and Mr Justice Johnson said Assange had real prospects of success on three of the nine grounds argued, but adjourned the leave to appeal application to give the US government three weeks to allay their concerns on the relevant matters.

If Assange had been denied permission to appeal he could have been extradited within days to face espionage charges. While the judges’ decision means he avoids that fate it leaves him facing a further wait, with his future still unresolved.

In a written judgment handed down on Tuesday, Sharp said the concerns that could be likely to succeed at appeal but which “may be capable of being addressed by assurances” were “that the applicant [Assange] is permitted to rely on the first amendment, that the applicant is not prejudiced at trial, including sentence, by reason of his nationality, that he is afforded the same first amendment protections as a United States citizen, and that the death penalty is not imposed”.

At a two-day hearing last month, which Assange was too unwell to attend, his lawyers argued that he faced a “flagrant denial of justice” if prosecuted in the US on charges relating to the publication of thousands of classified and diplomatic documents they said had exposed torture, rendition, extrajudicial killings and war crimes.

His wife, Stella Assange, expressed dismay at the judges’ decision. “What the courts have done has been to invite a political intervention from the United States … send a letter saying ‘its all OK’,” she said. “I find this astounding.

“This case is a retribution. It is a signal to all of you that if you expose the interests that are driving war they will come after you, they will put you in prison and will try to kill you.

“The Biden administration should not issue assurances. They should drop this shameful case that should never have been brought.”

It is outrageous that he has been locked up in solitary confinement for 5 years for uncovering America’s war crimes!

This legal process is designed to kill him and drive him insane, we know this because plans alongside CIA musings on killing Assange were leaked. 

I worked with Julian Assange during the Moment of Truth Event I helped organise in 2014.

I was approached by a Feminist Protest Group and warned they were intending to interrupt the event and protest against Julian Assange who had been accused of rape.

I was very clear and loud at how outrageous that would be.

They backed down and Julian went on alongside Snowden and Greenwald to prove there was a CIA station in Auckland and that the NSA had the capacity to access everything in NZ.

Not only was mass surveillance occurring, it was sanctioned by the Government and now we find out that the GCSB illegally allowed other Intelligence Agencies to use our networks for illegal acts!

There is an incredibly powerful new Documentary, The Trust Fall which is out in time for this latest trial that timelines Assange’s incredible journalism and the wicked legal case against him.

They deal with the rape allegation upfront and highlight just how farcical and smearing it was of Julian.

It details his service to journalism by pointing out his expose highlighted 15 000 war crimes that had previously been invisible.

It notes how he personally redacted 10 000 names to protect those sources.

There is a lump in your throat when John Pilger and Daniel Ellsberg from the Pentagon Papers appear as both are now dead.

The documentary highlights the power of Wikileaks and how it changed journalism forever. Most media now have anonymous drop boxes for whistleblowers.

It looks at the infamous Collateral Murder video as Apache Helicopter Pilots laugh while they murder journalists.

Seeing it now so many years later, your hate of Americans and their war machine erupts as you are forced to watch again.

The case against Assange is an attack on all of us.

He exposed US military war crimes and has been smeared as a response.

He has been locked up for almost 5 years in solitary confinement.

That is torture pure and simple and the Documentary notes that in leaked papers, the intention by the authorities is to tie him up in legal battles for 25 years to kill him that way.

The Military Industrial Complex demands anyone exposing their war crimes are destroyed.

This Documentary documents that destruction with painful and angry detail.

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