Assange has been conveniently forgotten in 2020 so this is a timely article in the Asia Pacific Report
Here’s the introduction…………….
Julian Assange is scheduled to appear in a British court today for several weeks of hearings regarding the US attempt to extradite him.
This concerns Wikileaks obtaining and jointly publishing US-classified data with leading outlets in 2010.
Assange remains imprisoned for this, after serving a maximal sentence, ostensibly, for breaching bail in connection with a closed investigation for sexual assault allegations made by Swedish police.
Remand for extradition requires an indictment having been the basis of an arrest. Approval must then come from the Home Office for the Court to process the matter.
But Judge Vanessa Baraitser has scheduled a new arrest of Assange at the first hearing. Her rationale is that she is powerless to reject a superseding indictment – despite its submission a year past the deadline – or to accept it in any way apart from just:
- Presuming future arrest;
- Presuming Home Office approval on the day of the arrest;
- Leaving Assange incarcerated, though the basis for it had been removed when the US decided he would face a different indictment there.
Read the Full Article: https://asiapacificreport.nz/2020/09/07/assanges-uk-detention-violates-international-law-australia-must-intervene/
