Mr Assange is in prison while US authorities seek to extradite him to face trial on espionage charges. To optimize ad relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites such as what pages have been loaded. Cowards..no, they are lickspittles, eager beaver suckers from the plutocratic tit. It describes its objectives as facilitating and strengthen [sic] relations between the Republic of Turkey and the United Kingdom at the level of government, diplomacy, business, academia and media. have been the same despite no obvious connection between the two organisations other than the UK Foreign Office. "Who will then dare to expose anything of importance, let alone the high crimes of the West? Then foreign minister Tobias Ellwood, at the forum while former foreign secretary Jack Straw, who is a, one of the discussions. No political extradition was in the European Convention on Extradition, the Model United Nations Extradition Treaty and the Interpol Convention on Extradition. Earlier this month, the UK Supreme Court refused to allow his latest appeal against extradition. The cookie is set by CasaleMedia. A 'relative' political offence was an act which was normally criminal, like assault or vandalism, conducted with a political motive. Why, then, does it continue to act as though the Cold War is still on?. in the British military and intelligence establishment a highly controversial issue given that Lady Arbuthnot has made rulings in the Assange case and continues to oversee it as chief magistrate. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. "In his diffident manner (which I confess is growing on me) Lewis said 'the prosecution is neutral on this request, of course but, err, I really dont think thats right'. There is no default anonymity of the names of cases, unless children are involved or other certain limited circumstances, nor the judges who rule on them. Matt Kennard is head of investigations, and Mark Curtis is editor, at Declassified UK. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. London CNN A British judge has rejected a US request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to America, ruling that such a move would be "oppressive" by reason of his mental health.. The son of Julian Assange's senior judge is linked to an anti-data leak company created by the UK intelligence establishment and staffed by officials recruited from US intelligence agencies. This is a Lijit Advertising Platform cookie. On April 10, 2020 Declassifiedsent an identical information request to the MOJ asking for a case list for a different district judge, Justin Barron, who wasappointedon the same day as Baraitser in October 2011. The couple began a relationship in 2015 and have two children together. Both children attended the ceremony on Wednesday, along with Mr Assange's father and brother. With Baraitsers identical records, the possibility of refining the search was never offered two absolute exemptions being applied to the request from the start. The judge said Assange would likely be. In her January 2021 ruling blocking the extradition, then-district judge Vanessa Baraitser found in favour of the US on all issues except Assange's mental health. This cookie is set by Youtube. In a keyjudgmentin February 2018, Arbuthnot rejected the findings of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention a body composed of international legal experts that Assange was beingarbitrarily detained, characterised Assanges stay in the embassy as voluntary and concluded Assanges health and mental state was of minor importance. 4 January 2021: Westminster Magistrates Court discharges (throws out) the US extradition request against Julian Assange. What we do not see are the events in 2021, where the U.S. government overturned the ruling and Julian was denied an appeal before the U.K. Supreme Court in . Erdoan spoke at the meeting and reportedly. A court is a public authority for the purposes of the Human Rights Act and a judge is an officer of the court. was irregular, dismissing Assanges fears of US extradition and the findings of the UN. One of the three residential properties which have been recorded by MPs in the parliamentary register of interests as the location of the Tertulias organisation, which funded Lady Arbuthnots trip to Bilbao. Tertulias, an annual forum held for political and corporate leaders in the UK and Spain, is regarded by the UK Foreign Office as one of its partnerships. This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. "We now come to the consideration of yesterdays legal arguments on the extradition request itself. Arbuthnot was then also a member of the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy and chair of Conservative Friends of Israel. Tertulias annual meetings between the UK and Spain have been held since 1989 but the organisation has no public presence and provides no record of events. It was once a proud country until the U.S. started buying it up in the 60s. 17 June 2022:Home Secretary Priti Patel approves the extradition order to extradite Julian Assange to the United States. A judiciary spokesman has said, There has been no bias demonstrated by the chief magistrate. "Baraitser did not state whether it was a criminal offence to publish a photograph taken in a courtroom (or indeed to attempt to publish a photograph taken in a courtroom). Assange started serving the 50 week sentence for breaching bail fifteen months ago. This cookie is set by linkedIn. It can further be revealed that Lady Emma Arbuthnot was appointed Chief Magistrate in Westminster on the advice of a Conservative government minister with whom she had attended a secretive meeting organised by one of these Foreign Office partner organisations two years before. Mr Assange, 50, married Stella Moris on Wednesday in Belmarsh prison, where he has been held since 2019. I give little weight to the views of the Working Group, she added, referring to the United Nations body which termed Assanges condition one of arbitrary detention. The United States Government appeals. I just got back from the Lincoln County courthouse. Lady Arbuthnot has refused to declare any conflicts of interest in the case. 10:30 am EDT: Judge Vanessa Baraitser has rejected the defense's application for an adjournment of the hearing until January to give it time to gather new evidence to defend against the prosecution's superseding indictment. Further documents from the Iraq war revealed that 66,000 civilians had been killed - more than previously reported. Liz Truss, Lady Arbuthnot, Lord Arbuthnot, and the Foreign Office, did not respond to requests for comment. Baraitser has been criticised for a number of her judgments so far concerning Assange, who has been incarcerated in a maximum security prison, HMP Belmarsh in London, since April 2019. Trusss visit to Tertulias is secret enough for even the department she oversaw as minister at the time DEFRA to have no information on it. Assanges lawyers had applied to have his British arrest warrant withdrawn. Declassified has discovered that the addresses given by Lord Arbuthnot and other parliamentarians for Tertulias and Tatlidil have been the same despite no obvious connection between the two organisations other than the UK Foreign Office. On this occasion, the request was not blocked. WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange, will not be extradited to the US, after a UK court deemed him at risk of suicide and self-harm. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. Lord Arbuthnot described the purpose of the visit as to promote and further bilateral relations between Britain and Turkey at a high level. The UK delegation to the 2014 meeting in Istanbul was, in Edinburgh the previous year. Follow Declassified on twitter at @DeclassifiedUK. This cookie is set by .bidswitch.net. Click here to see other benefits and to sign-up to our reader community supporting quality, independent journalism. Vanessa Baraitser looked at this point very keen to lock someone up. Sitting in London, Lord Justice Holroyde said he believed it was arguable that Judge Vanessa Baraitser had attached too much weight to the evidence of Prof Michael Kopelman when deciding not to . When asked about the organisations funders or any personnel involved, including its current parliamentary chair, information was refused. The chief magistrate has aleadership responsibilityfor the roughly 300 district and deputy judges across England and Wales. [bauaw] Bay Area United Against War Newsletter, March 2, 2023. Tatlidil, which means sweet talk in Turkish, was established in 2011 by then prime minister David Cameron and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoan. Declassified has also seen evidence that the UK Home Office is blocking the release of information about Home Secretary Priti Patels role in the Assange extradition case. LONDONIn a few weeks or months, Judge Vanessa Baraitser will rule on whether Julian Assange can be taken to the United States to face a string of serious espionage charges, so it's probably. 'Risk assessment' and 'health and safety' featured a lot. [1] They tweet at @kennardmatt and @markcurtis30. Did this happen in the home of the Magna Carta? "Fitzgerald pointed out that while the Extradition Act of 2003 did not contain a bar on extraditions for political offences, it did not state there could not be such a bar in extradition treaties. The Perfected Grounds of Appeal concerning the United States Government include the following points: The Perfected Grounds of Appeal concerning the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) include arguments that Home Secretary Priti Patel erred in her decision to approve the extradition order on grounds of specialty and because the request itself violates Article 4 of the US-UK Extradition Treaty. Lady and Lord Arbuthnot attend the Queens garden party at Buckingham Palace in May 2017. Anna, excellent post! The District Judge found that extradition would be a disproportionate interference with Ms Gebhardts and her daughters family rights, hXXps://www.5sah.co.uk/news-and-events/news/2016-01-22/extradition-case-discharged. The cookie is used for recognizing the browser or device when users return to their site or one of their partner's site. . How incompetent would you need to be to attempt to take a photo and fail to do so? The scale of obvious bribery to Arbuthnot, Baraitser, all officers in UK that did lap dog duty outside Embassy I can hardly fathom. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Lady Arbuthnot personally presided over Assanges case as judge from late 2017 until mid-2019, delivering two controversial rulings. [2] Juan Passarelli tweeted: On 28 October 2019, John Pilger described the disturbing scene inside a London courtroom the previous week when the WikiLeaks publisher, Julian Assange, appeared at the start of a landmark extradition case that will define the future of free journalism: "The worst moment was one of a number of 'worst' moments. AC-81, Salt Lake Sector 1, Near BD Bus Stop, Kolkata: 700064; tattoo policy nys court officer; tim allen married daughter are secretive gatherings about which little is known and are not obviously connected but Declassified has discovered that the UK address of the two organisations has been the same. A crowd of reporters gathered outside as a small group of supporters chanted "Free Julian Assange." PS: why the Arbuthnots are so exceptionally ugly? James Arbuthnot and his wife Emma Louise (nee Broadbent) are well-documented war profiteers. Priscilla Felia, thank you for posting Lady Emma Arbuthnots address. Responding to Declassifieds Freedom of Information request for communications between the minister and Tertulias or an itinerary for the Bilbao meeting, DEFRA responded: Following a search of our paper and electronic records, we have established that the informationyou have requested is not held by DEFRA. It is unclear if Truss used a private email to organise the visit. (Photo: Instagram). District Judge Vanessa Baraitser who gave Assange a court victory earlier this week by rejecting the U.S. extradition request ruled that Assange must be held in custody while the U.S.. Although having attended the annual event regularly since 2000, this was the first time Lord Arbuthnot recorded in his parliamentary register of interests the attendance of his wife. Indeed, exiled off mainstreet, she is as are the Tories and the New Labour lot all enemies of the rule of law. The corrupt and evil hate for people to be aware of what is really going on. The unexpected decision by Judge Vanessa Baraitser to deny a US demand to extradite Julian Assange, foiling efforts to send him to a US super-max jail for the rest of his life, is a welcome legal victory, but one swamped by larger lessons that should disturb us deeply. She told Declassified that. 10 December 2021:The decision to discharge the extradition request is overturned by the High Court due to the United States Government issuing so-called diplomatic assurances to the UK Government. "[5][6][7][8][9] Baraitser said "I am satisfied that there is no or insufficient evidence that the French authorities have manipulated or used procedures to oppress or unfairly prejudice Mr Djouhri." The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. Brainwashing by the media, deference to authority and poor and biased education is mainly to blame. This cookie is set by Google. She then routinely ignores his response. " Waldport man in jail on second-degree attempted murder, 9 other . The cookie is set by CloudFlare service to store a unique ID to identify a returning users device which then is used for targeted advertising. When he was grabbed from the Ecuadorian embassy by British police in April 2019, district judge Michael Snow. Duncan, who has now left office, personally insulted Julian Assange in parliament in 2018 before adding: It is of great regret that Julian Assange remains in the Ecuador embassy, where he had been given political asylum by the Ecuadorian government. "[8], By using the Wikispooks.com servers, you agree to its use of cookies, Document:Craig Murrays jailing is the latest move in a battle to snuff out independent journalism, Document:Eye Witness to the Agony of Julian Assange, Document:FBI Fabrication Against Assange Falls Apart, Document:The Armoured Glass Box is an Instrument of Torture, Document:Your Man in the Public Gallery Assange Hearing Day 2, Document:Your Man in the Public Gallery: the Assange Hearing Day 6, "Julian Assange extradition judge refuses request for delay", "The fluidity in which Judge #VanessaBaraitser delivered her ruling concerning the identity of #Assange's partner and children is almost as she had already had given it thought and written her ruling yesterday in her north London mansion, with a glass of white wine. Despite the HM Courts and Tribunals Service invoking a data protection clause. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. George Galloway says it all. These data are then used to segment audiences based on the geographical location, demographic, and user interest provide relevant content and for advertisers for targeted advertising. When Julian struggled to speak, he couldn't get words out, even stumbling over his name and date of birth. Of these 24 cases, Baraitser ordered the extradition of 23 of the defendants, a 96 percent extradition record from publicly available evidence. to a house in Higham, a small village with 140 people, also in Suffolk. The cookie stores a unique ID to identify a returning user for the purpose of targeted advertising. The couple were granted permission to marry last year, and the ceremony was attended by four guests as well as two official witnesses and two guards. DM, Matt Kennard is head of investigations and Mark Curtis editor, of Declassified UK, a media organisation investigating UK foreign, military and intelligence policies. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said on Monday at London's Old Bailey court that Assange's clinical depression could be compounded and he could commit suicide if extradited stateside. to the register of interests, the address is given by MPs as simply private. If Patel is hit by a bus or a political force her party cannot withstand then she will NOT sign off on the extradition. Yes, the UK justice system has been maliciously subverted to serve the interests of the likes of Patel and the Arbuthnots. By Mark Curtis and Matt Kennard She added "I therefore order the extradition to France of Alexandre Djouhri". that the estate is owned by Sheikh Mohammed al-Makhtoum, the ruler of Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates. Her quote in the 31st paragraph makes me wonder when she dismissed Assanges fear of U.K. extradition (returned to the United States). The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Baraitser is a District Judge in Magistrates' Court. A request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was sent byDeclassifiedto the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) on February 28, 2020 requesting a list of all the cases on which Baraitser has ruled since she was appointed in 2011. This cookie is provided by Tribalfusion. Ms Gerbhardt was requested to serve a two year sentence for an offence of fraud dating back to 1998, which was activated in 2005. 14 March 2022:The Supreme Court refuses Julian Assange permission to appeal the High Courts decision. In a London courtroom Monday morning, UK judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that the US cannot extradite Assange to stand trial for criminal charges of hacking conspiracy and violations of the . Lord Arbuthnot records that he became the unpaid chair of Tertulias in 2012, at which time he was also chair of parliaments Defence Committee. On 18 January 2016, District Judge Baraitser discharged Ms Gebhardt from a Polish extradition request on Article 8 grounds. The. I accept that Mr Assange had expressed fears of being returned to the United States from a very early stage in the Swedish extradition proceedings but I do not find that Mr Assanges fears were reasonable, she said. 20 April 2022:The Magistrate issues the extradition order, which is sent to Home Secretary Priti Patel for approval. Baraitser told Assange: "You have been produced today because your sentence of imprisonment is about to come to an end. ;-). "I was amused by the criminal offence of attempting to take photos in the courtroom. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". From 2013-16, the address. Following these meetings Patel lobbied for UK involvement in Israeli operations in the Golan Heights and called for Britain to begin sending military aid to Israel. 3 - Why are there no readily available mug shots on the Internet when using search keywords - District Judge Vanessa Baraitser and Vanessa Baraitser 4 - The Wikipedia profile on the judge is selective and does not provide any personal data and background profile. From: bonnieweinstein <giobon@xxxxxxxxxxx>; To: BAUAW <bauaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 08:30:18 -0800; SHUT DOWN DRONE WARFARESpring Action Week: April 15 - 22, 2023Holloman AFB, Southern New Mexico Co-sponsored by CODEPINK & Ban Killer Drones Mark your calendars & Join Us! [10][11][12], Baraitser has ruled that Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange is to remain in prison when his jail term ends because of his "history of absconding". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. In 2012, Arbuthnot recorded in his parliamentary register of interests that the address of both organisations was a Grade II listed house in the village of Cowlinge, Suffolk, which has a population of just over 600 people. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". the chair of the advisory board of arms corporation Thales UK and board member of Montrose Associates, a strategic intelligence consultancy, whose president is former Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. Tomorrow, District Judge Vanessa Baraister will rule on Assange's US extradition. "Opening his argument, Edward Fitzgerald QC argued that the Extradition Act of 2003 alone is not enough to make an actual extradition. 2. It is all about the power of Empire. Excuse me. The chief magistrate, however, is aware of the judicial conduct guidance that advises on avoiding the perception of bias and is not hearing the case. or an itinerary for the Bilbao meeting, DEFRA responded: Following a search of our paper and electronic records, we have established that the informationyou have requested is not held by DEFRA. It is unclear if Truss used a private email to organise the visit. but we are not going to force you to.
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