Courtroom reports, testimony analysis, expert commentary, and other legal updates in Julian Assange’s extradition battle in London.
- Julian Assange’s appeal hearing scheduled for July 9-10
- Julian Assange granted permission to appeal
- U.S. continues its pursuit of Julian Assange
- Recap and reactions to High Court appeal ruling
- Julian Assange appeal partially allowed, pending U.S. ‘assurances’
- Julian Assange could face death penalty in US, High Court hears
- Hearing Highlight: Assange Is Not a Journalist, Manning Is Not a Whistleblower, Up Is Down, and Night Is Day
- Assange Final UK Appeal Request: Hearing Day 2
- Julian Assange revealed US criminality in the public interest, High Court is told
- Hearing highlight: U.S. silencing Assange for threatening its immunity
- Assange Final UK Appeal Request: Hearing Day 1
- What to expect in Julian Assange’s hearing this week
- Julian Assange’s Final Appeal to be held in UK High Court 20-21 February 2024
- UK Judge Rejects Julian Assange’s Appeal Request
- Julian Assange Files his Perfected Grounds of Appeal
- Extradition Looms for Assange After UK Supreme Court Refuses to Hear His Appeal
- UK Supreme Court refuses to hear Assange appeal
- Explanatory Background Note: High Court Decision in USA v Julian Assange Extradition Proceedings
- Assange extradition argument certified for UK Supreme Court appeal
- Julian Assange’s Supreme Court Certification Application
- Decision on Assange appeal arguments to come Jan. 24th
- Stella Moris statement on Julian Assange’s Supreme Court appeal
- High Court Grants U.S. Appeal
- High Court decision “Grave miscarriage of justice,” says Julian Assange’s fiancée
- Assange High Court decision expected Shortly
- Defense chronology surrounding Assange’s family and Dr Kopelman
- Declaration of Assange attorney Gareth Peirce on Prof Kopelman
- Declaration of Maureen Baird, U.S. Prison Warden
- Julian Assange Extradition Appeal: Day 2
- Assange Defense Appeal Arguments & Extradition Glossary
- Julian Assange Extradition Appeal: Day 1
- U.S. allowed to expand scope of Assange appeal
- Preliminary Assange Appeal hearing scheduled for August 11
- US government given limited permission to appeal January decision that Assange should not be extradited
- Judge denies bail for Julian Assange
- Julian Assange Extradition hearing: District Court Ruling
- The Importance of WikiLeaks’ releases
- Medical Testimony & U.S. Prison Conditions
- The Trump Administration’s Politicized Prosecution of Julian Assange
- Spying on Assange in the Embassy
- WikiLeaks’ Redaction Process and the Unredacted Cables
- On the Conspiracy to Commit Computer Intrusion
- Assange Indictment Poses Unprecedented Threat to Journalism
- Day 18: Hearing concludes, ruling to come January 4th 2021; Gareth Peirce – Embassy spying instilled “chilling effect” on legal defense
- Day 17, Part 2: Anonymous witnesses detail U.S.-directed spying of Julian Assange in the Embassy; UC Global agrees to send Embassy recordings to US intelligence
- Day 17, Part 1: Witnesses – UC Global spied on Assange’s conversations with lawyers; Patrick Cockburn, Ian Cobain, Guy Goodwin-Gill, Stefania Maurizi, Robert Boyle
- Day 16: Former warden – Assange would get “desolate and degrading” Special Administrative Measures; Lindsay Lewis – Assange will “almost certainly” be placed under SAMs
- Day 15: Assange would face solitary confinement and extreme restrictions if sent to US; Joel Sickler – Assange would get little to no health care
- Day 14: Judge admits political nature of Assange’s case; Jakob Augstein – Assange “feared for the safety of informants”; Patrick Eller debunks Manning/Assange “conspiracy”
- Day 13: Cryptome published unredacted cables first; Dr. Crosby – “very high risk” of suicide if Assange is extradited
- Day 12: Prosecution attacks Assange’s autism spectrum diagnosis
- Day 11: Psychiatrist – High risk of suicide if Assange is extradited
- Day 10: Christian Grothoff – WikiLeaks did not publish unredacted cables first; Cassandra Fairbanks: High-level plan to revoke Assange’s asylum
- Day 9: Nicky Hager – Assange’s redactions protected informants; Jennifer Robinson – Trump offered pardon for Assange in exchange for sources; Khaled el-Masri, kidnapped and tortured by the CIA
- Day 8: WikiLeaks’ Iraq War Logs exposed 15,000 civilian casualties; Carey Shenkman – “Highly politicized prosecution”
- Day 7: John Goetz – WikiLeaks docs confirm CIA torture & escaping accountability; Daniel Ellsberg – WikiLeaks did not cause harm
- Day 6: Eric Lewis – abusive conditions in US prison; Tom Durkin – Assange would not get a fair trial in US
- Day 5: Eric Lewis – Assange would face solitary confinement in US prison
- Day 4: Paused due to COVID19-like symptoms of member of the prosecution
- Day 3: Paul Rogers – politically motivated prosecution; Trevor Timm – protecting your sources
- Day 2: Clive Stafford-Smith – the importance of WikiLeaks material in their litigation; Mark Feldstein – historical context for WikiLeaks’ journalism
- Day 1: Assange’s Extradition Hearing Resumes: 7 September 2020
- Julian Assange Defence Skeleton Arguments
- Press Briefing: Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing