Assange Hearing

Here are Consortium News‘ daily updates on the Julian Assange hearing from Old Bailey in London. CN has remote video access to follow every moment of the dramatic events.

Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria’s live daily video reports when court is in session can be viewed here. Follow our live Tweeting of the hearing here.

EDITORIAL: A Trial Begins in London

An Historic Setting for Assange’s Case

WATCH: CN Live! —‘The Media Trial of the Century’

DAY ONE OF ASSANGE HEARING: Dramatic Opening Day; First Witness Testifies After Judge Denies Adjournment to January

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing–Day 1

DAY TWO OF ASSANGE HEARING: US Tries to Narrow its Espionage Charge to Only Naming Informants; Defense Witness Crumbles Under Cross Examination

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing–Day 2

DAY THREE ASSANGE HEARING—Defense Witness Dismantles Key Elements of Government Case

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing–Day 3

ASSANGE HEARING DAY FOUR: Hearing Adjourned to Monday While Lawyer Who Was in Court is Tested for Covid-19

CN Live! Video Report on Adjournment of Hearing Until Monday Over Coronavirus Scare

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Lawyer’s Covid-19 Test is Negative; Trial Resumes on Monday Morning

WATCH: CN Live! New Episode: ‘Drama in the Court’ with Defense Witness Trevor Timm (and Kim Dotcom)

ASSANGE HEARING DAY FIVE—Court Is Adjourned Until Tuesday After Sound of US TV Report Disrupted Proceedings 

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 5

ASSANGE HEARING DAY SIX—Prosecutor Says Government Can Prosecute Journalist for Publishing

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 6

ASSANGE HEARING DAY SEVEN— Ellsberg and Goetz Refute Informants Were Harmed and That Assange Was First to Release Their Names

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 7

ASSANGE HEARING DAY EIGHT— Espionage Act Put in the Dock 

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 8

ASSANGE HEARING DAY NINE—US Again Insists Journalists are Not Precluded From Prosecution Under the Espionage Act

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 9