Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the resumed extradition hearing. Here is his recap of the third day’s dramatic events.
WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing–Day 3
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DAY THREE ASSANGE HEARING—Defense Witness Dismantles Key Elements of Government Case
The third day of the resumption of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing is over at Old Bailey in London. With remote video access to the courtroom, this is Consortium News‘ report.
DAY TWO OF ASSANGE HEARING: US Tries to Narrow its Espionage Charge to Only Naming Informants; Defense Witness Crumbles Under Cross Examination
Julian Assange was also warned by Judge Baraitser that he would be removed if he makes another outburst. U.S. crimes abroad and at home on display.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Craig Murray: Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing—Day Two
Former British diplomat Craig Murray was in the public gallery at Old Bailey for Julian Assange’s hearing and here is his report on Tuesday’s events.
WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing–Day 2
Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the extradition hearing. Here is his recap of the second day’s dramatic events.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Craig Murray: Your Man in the Public Gallery–Day One
Here is Craig Murray’s report on the first day of the resumption of Julian Assange’s hearing, the fifth day overall continuing from the start of the substantive hearing in February.
DAY ONE OF ASSANGE HEARING: Dramatic Opening Day; First Witness Testifies After Judge Denies Adjournment to January
The dramatic opening day of Assange’s extradition hearing saw U.S. shift from espionage to its superseding indictment as Vanessa Baraitser rejected a defense bid to excise the evidence and adjourn the case to January.
WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing–Day 1
Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the extradition hearing. Here is his recap of the first day’s dramatic events.
John Pilger: The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange
The extradition hearing beginning this week is the final act of an Anglo-American campaign to bury Julian Assange. It is not due process. It is due revenge, said John Pilger in a speech Monday outside the court building.
EDITORIAL: A Trial Begins in London
Judging by the first week of hearings in February, it doesn’t seem to be important whatever the prosecution says or does, or how the defense responds. The decision already appears to have been made.