"The judge watched this outrage without a comment. This judge, Vanessa Baraitser - actually she isn't a judge at all; she's a magistrate - shocked all of us who were there. Her previous rulings on Assange cannot be revisited by the defence when she fails to declare a conflict of interest. So we used Westlaw + Factiva to construct her extradition case list pic.twitter.com/ViCuMHhe6i Matt Kennard (@kennardmatt) January 3, 2021 The new revelations follow previous investigations by Declassified, Lady Arbuthnot received gifts and hospitality in relation to her husband from a military and cybersecurity company exposed by WikiLeaks. Tomorrow, District Judge Vanessa Baraister will rule on Assange's US extradition. Declassified is now publishing a photo of Truss giving a speech at the 2014 Tertulias forum in the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. Julian Assange files his perfected Grounds of Appeal | MR Online This cookie is provided by Tribalfusion. The hope is the samizdat on the internet, where fine disobedient journalism is still practised. How did Fitzgerald and Lewis think that she had the ability to carry out the necessary risk assessment? These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Lady Arbuthnot in October 2016. Having summarily dismissed Julian Assange's bail application, Baraitser ruled on 7 April 2020 that the names of Assanges partner and young children could be published in the interests of open justice. Erdoan spoke at the meeting and reportedly called for the removal of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. Lady Arbuthnot attends the Queens garden party at Buckingham Palace in May 2017 with her husband Lord Arbuthnot, a former Conservative defence minister with links to the British military and intelligence establishment. From 2013-16, the address. The Perfected Grounds of Appeal contain the arguments on which Julian Assange intends to challenge District Judge Vanessa Baraitsers decision of 4 January 2021, and introduces significant new evidence that has developed since that ruling. Declassified has discovered that both Tertulias and Tatlidil had been managed by the same person living at the addresses given by parliamentarians. In the table in front of us were a handful of American officials, whose directions to the prosecutor were carried by his junior; back and forth this young woman went, delivering instructions. Earlier this month, the UK Supreme Court refused to allow his latest appeal against extradition. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser who is still overseen by Lady Arbuthnot will rule on the extradition proceedings which begin on 25 February. This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. It reminded me of a newsreel of a show trial in Stalin's Moscow; the difference was that Soviet show trials were broadcast. The cookie is set by Segment.io and is used to analyze how you use the website. This being pointed out, we had a ten minute adjournment while Julian and his counsel were allowed to talk down in the cells presumably where they could be more conveniently bugged yet again. The cookie is set by Krux Digital under the domain krxd.net. Duggan's wife, Saffrine, insists that her husband is "a victim of the United States government's political dispute with China." This presumption has also been sorely tested by Duggan's detention in a two-by-four-metre cell at the Silverwater jail, which also houses convicted terrorists. The facts are so difficult to find, due to every MSM journalistic rag in the world making it up as they go. Mr Assange's case will now go back to District Judge Vanessa Baraitser, the original judge who assessed the American extradition request. Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category . Makes you wonder if the biggest criminals arent embedded in judicial systems. The information was then published on the Wikileaks website. For both the UK and US Governments to say it did not apply was astonishing and would set a terrible precedent that would endanger dissidents and potential political prisoners from China, Russia and regimes all over the world who had escaped to third countries. 2022. A judiciary spokesman has said, There has been no bias demonstrated by the chief magistrate. on Assange was made in February 2018 while he was a political asylee in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. This cookie is used for promoting events and products by the webiste owners on CRM-campaign-platform. "I was amused by the criminal offence of attempting to take photos in the courtroom. This cookie is set by Addthis. These decisions includerefusingAssanges request for emergency bail during the Covid-19 pandemic and making him sitbehinda glass screen during the hearing, rather than with his lawyers. Vanessa Baraitser is a British district judge. Declassified UK. 'No Treaty, No Extradition' was an unbreakable rule. Yesterday, she said, a photo had been taken inside the courtroom. Two years before, Truss who is now Trade Secretary and Lady Arbuthnot both attended an off-the-record two-day meeting in Bilbao, Spain. On January 4th, 2021, Judge Vanessa Baraitser will issue her ruling on whether to approve Julian Assange's extradition. The extradition requires two things in place; the general Extradition Act and the Extradition Treaty with the country or countries concerned. Julian Assange: U.K. Judge Denies U.S. Request to Extradite - PEOPLE.com . Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. in 2012, at which time he was also chair of parliaments Defence Committee. This cookie is set by Segment.io. Be the first to read it by signing up to our free First Thing newsletter. District judge Vanessa Baraitser rules that extradition is barred under the 2003 Extradition Act because it is opressive (s.91). Baraitser replied that releasing Assange from the dock into the body of the court would mean he was released from custody. As Judge Vanessa Baraitser declared , "The detention conditions in which Mr. Assange is likely to be held are relevant to Mr . British district judge Vanessa Baraitser delivered her ruling at London's Central Criminal Court, known as the Old Bailey. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". It is used to create a profile of the user's interest and to show relevant ads on their site. Portuguese translation at hXXps://www.resistir.info/varios/assange_baraitser_31jul20.html. 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. [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. 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. These are long closed now. Fitzgerald declined to agree, saying the Act did not say extradition for political offences could not be banned by the treaty enabling extradition. that the Arbuthnots son is linked to an anti-data leak company created by the UK intelligence establishment and staffed by officials recruited from US intelligence agencies behind that countrys prosecution of the WikiLeaks founder. The officer added that the information requested would in any event be exempt from disclosure because it contains personal data about the cases ruled on by an individual judge, and that personal data can only be released if to do so would not contravene any of the data protection principles in the Data Protection Act. U.S., Australia and U.K. Argue Over Julian Assange as U.S - Newsweek This request, sent on March 31, 2020, was again rejected. This is an important cookie in making credit card transaction on the website. DM, Matt Kennard is head of investigations and Mark Curtis editor, of Declassified UK, a media organisation investigating UK foreign, military and intelligence policies. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. Julian Assange suffers a transient ischemic attack (TIA) on the first day. But, in January 2020,Declassifiedhad requested the same information for the period when Sajid Javid was home secretary, April 2018 July 2019. U.K. Judge Blocks Extradition Of Wikileaks Founder Julian - Forbes 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. , which means sweet talk in Turkish, was established in 2011 by then prime minister David Cameron and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoan. He is only being held on remand for US extradition. Follow Declassified onTwitter,FacebookandYouTube. UK Judiciary is corrupt; 'No jurisdiction' 'Up to Group 4'. On May 15, 2020, Declassifiedsent a further FOI request, this time to the Home Office, asking for information on any phone calls or emails made or received by the current Home Secretary Priti Patel concerning the Assange case. These decisions include. LONDON -- A British judge on Monday rejected the United States' request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges over the publication of secret U.S. documents a. Brits, judges included, are still just lap dogs for America. This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing. Declassified UK has discovered that Julian Assange's judge, Vanessa Baraitser, has ordered extradition in 96 percent of the cases she has presided over for which information is publicly. pic.twitter.com/a8EbIIToE5, GBC News (@GBCNewsroom) October 27, 2018. The cookie is used to collect information about the usage behavior for targeted advertising. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. He looked at her like a kindly uncle whose favourite niece has just started drinking tequila from the bottle at a family party. Ms Gebhardt had since moved to Germany and is now sole carer for her 8-year-old daughter. This cookie is set by Addthis to make sure you see the updated count if you share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. The cookie is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. This cookie is set by the provider AdRoll.This cookie is used to identify the visitor and to serve them with relevant ads by collecting user behaviour from multiple websites. He was arbitrarily detained (which they referred to as arrested) after being dragged out of Embassy over a year ago in violation of so many international laws and treaties and countrys own laws. 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 High Court judges will now decide whether Julian is given the opportunity to put the case against the United States before open court, and in full, at the appeal, said Julian Assanges wife Stella Assange. Assange Decision: British Judge Rejects US Extradition Request 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. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Vanessa Baraitser is a British district judge. Liz Truss, then Justice Secretary, advised the Queen to appoint Lady Arbuthnot in October 2016. This cookie is native to PHP applications. This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. Declassified found that its current president is Jose de Areilza, a Spanish law professor who is also a board member of the Spanish Ministry of Defence. WikiLeaks founder Assange denied bail in UK - The Day She also seemed in her anger to be making the unfounded assumption that whoever took the photo from the public gallery on Tuesday was still there on Wednesday; I suspect not. to the British military and intelligence community exposed by WikiLeaks. 17 June 2022:Home Secretary Priti Patel approves the extradition order to extradite Julian Assange to the United States. The (flawed) case against Julian Assange | NationofChange Yes, the UK justice system has been maliciously subverted to serve the interests of the likes of Patel and the Arbuthnots. At the time Lady Arbuthnot was deputy senior district judge. I suspect she shouts a lot on trains. When asked about the organisations funders or any personnel involved, including its current parliamentary chair, information was refused. Instead, the information officer asked for further clarification about the information being sought, suggesting issues such as final hearing dates, the defendants names and what the defendants were charged with. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. The High Court rejects the United States Governments arguments that the district judge erred in her findings. She is present on the list of these on the judiciary website. We have not put it behind a paywall because the truth should not be a luxury. by Lord Arbuthnot as bringing MPs, business people, academics and artists together to discuss topical issues is not clear. The couple began a relationship in 2015 and have two children together. Assange had never been charged with a crime, and in May 2017 the Swedish proceedings had been discontinued along with the European Arrest Warrant. One thing fails me: with so many alleged violations, why is the defence team not submitting the case to the European Court of Human Rights? The sparse information available on the meeting, which largely comes from social media, suggests that Lady Arbuthnot may not have attended the discussions since there was a separate spouses/partners programme involving local visits. This cookie is set by Google. US appeals UK judge's refusal to permit Assange extradition Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This cookie is used to collect information on user preference and interactioin with the website campaign content. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Read about our approach to external linking. And yet, a large number of the UK population think everything is hunky dory ! District judge Vanessa Baraitser rules that extradition is barred under the 2003 Extradition Act because it is opressive (s.91). This cookie is used by Cloudflare for load balancing. Clearly, or so it would seem, these utter ar**holes have decided that they alone determine (under US pressure, no doubt but what does that say about their spinal columns?) Her flight cost 825.48, suggesting she was flown first class. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Assange's Fourth Day at the Old Bailey: COVID in the Courtroom Since the last ruling, overwhelming evidence has emerged proving that the United States prosecution against my husband is a criminal abuse. This cookie is set by Youtube. Baraitser is a District Judge in Magistrates' Court. Who Is Vanessa Baraitser? - Phochsian This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. She had nothing to do; it was demonstrably preordained. The Foreign Office has long taken a strong anti-Assange position, rejecting UN findings in his favour, refusing to recognise the political asylum given to him by Ecuador, and even labelling Assange a miserable little worm. The MOJ officer stated: I can confirm that the MOJ holds the information that you have requested. 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. This is a Lijit Advertising Platform cookie. 4 January 2021:Westminster Magistrates Court discharges (throws out) the U.S. extradition request against Julian Assange. At one point, Joel Smith for the prosecution was attempting to get the attention of Judge Vanessa Baraitser to inform her that nothing could be heard in the court room. 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. A Google search lists more extradition requests that Baraitser did not grant. Liz Truss was in Bilbao for three days and accrued expenses of 1,235.48 paid by Tertulias. The shameful behavior of The Mighty Wurlitzer exposes them as nothing more than shills for Empire duping the masses on a daily basis. Baraitser has ordered the extradition of defendants to at least 11 countries in this period, including one person to the U.S. Six of the extraditions, or 26 percent of the rulings, were successfully appealed. "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). By clicking Accept All, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. Come for all or part of the week! The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The judiciary is not a public body for the purposes of FOIA and requests asking to disclose all the cases a named judge ruled on are therefore outside the scope of the FOIA, the officer stated. Not, I hasten to add, taken by me. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. "The UK and US Governments say that the court enforces domestic law, not international law, and therefore the treaty has no standing. Arbuthnot hears many of the most sensitive or complex cases in the magistrates courts and in particular extradition and special jurisdiction cases. USA -v- Julian Assange - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary Lord Arbuthnot can be seen standing next to her, likely having just introduced his fellow Conservative MP. From 2013-16, the address changed to a house in Higham, a small village with 140 people, also in Suffolk. This work is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. 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. Every one of the charges against Assange was a pure political offence. Julian Assange granted permission to seek appeal against extradition to Baraitser: Assange cannot be extradited, the US can appeal - Cybernews A judge in London on Monday rejected an American effort to have the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange extradited to the United States, where he faces charges of conspiring to hack government. James Arbuthnot and his wife Emma Louise (nee Broadbent) are well-documented war profiteers. 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 . Become a Consortium News member! On this occasion, the request was not blocked. Cowards..no, they are lickspittles, eager beaver suckers from the plutocratic tit. Amnesty is on board and mainstream media is showing signs of deep instability regarding Assange. This cookie is used to collect user information such as what pages have been viewed on the website for creating profiles. 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. 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. It has now been moved back to the Old Bailey, the central criminal court of England and Wales. ASSANGE EXTRADITION: The Deadly Vanessa Baraitser - Consortium News Judge Vanessa Baraitser delivered the judgement at the central criminal court in London. Patel who isalsolinked to Arbuthnots husband, Lord Arbuthnot will sign off Assanges extradition to the U.S. if it is ordered by Baraitser. A 'relative' political offence was an act which was normally criminal, like assault or vandalism, conducted with a political motive. Her ruling was irregular, dismissing Assanges fears of US extradition and the findings of the UN. The warrant related to Assange skipping bail to claim asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy, where the Ecuadorian government agreed that he was at risk of political persecution in the United States. The judge, Vanessa Baraitser, ruled against the U.S. extradition request, citing Assange's fragile mental health, according to the Associated Press. To optimize ad relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites such as what pages have been loaded. vanessa baraitser husband Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, 1 March 2019. All the addresses are residential with no clear reason why they would be official addresses of high-level Foreign Office-linked fora. The US and UK may not will Assange's death, but everything they are Unprecedented. Not corrupt. When asked about the organisations funders or any personnel involved, including its current parliamentary chair, information was refused. 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. 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. By contrast, Nick Boles MP charged 178.98 for his flight. 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. The Queen has appointed Vanessa Baraitser to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". EXTRADITION SHOWTRIAL: Julian Assange is a curate's egg - The Slog You cant firewall facts, logic or consequent changes of sentiment between these countries. Last October, Europe minister Christopher Pincher attended the forum in Edinburgh and, dialogue illustrates the breadth and depth of the relationship between the United Kingdom and Spain. If you asked me to sum up today in a word, that word would undoubtedly be railroaded. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. My friend in US who has a law degree was astounded at the fact that Baraitser agreed for journalists to publish his partners name (with small children). Lady Arbuthnot has refused to declare any conflicts of interest in the case. The Nazis were able to succeed because people were happy to ignore what was happening all around them, we are on the same route so is the USA. According to a statement given toPrivate Eye, she stepped asidebecauseof a perception of bias, but it was not elucidated what this related to. "Once there were spaces, gaps, boltholes, in mainstream journalism in which mavericks, who are the best journalists, could work. 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. She said Assange would be kept in custody, ahead of an appeal from the US. Me too, Skip, me too. Lady Arbuthnot is also likely to have approved of Baraitsers appointment to hear the Assange case. . Julian Assange could be a free man as early as Wednesday after a British judge ruled that he cannot be extradited to the . "Baraitser concluded the matter by stating that the Defence should submit written arguments by 10am tomorrow on this point, and she would then hold a separate hearing into the question of Julians position in the court. In February 2019, Baraitser ordered the extradition of Alexandre Djouhri, a Frenchman suspected of funnelling money from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to finance Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. colorado state penitentiary famous inmates It is likely that Chief Magistrate Lady Emma Arbuthnot was involved in the decision to appoint Baraitser to the case. Address for Lady Emma Arbuthnot Sr. Chief Magistrates Office 181 Marylebone Road London NW 1 5BR DX 13551, Marylebone 9. Despite daily lists of the cases heard at Woolwich being freely available, Matt Kennard is head of investigations, and Mark Curtis is editor, at, UK Refuses to Release Information on Assange Judge Who Has 96 Percent Approval Rate in Extradition Cases, Make your tax-deductible donation by clicking, COVID-19: Poverty Weaponized By Elite as US Eviction Crisis Looms, UPRISING: Militias Warning of Excessive Federal Power Comes True But Where Are They? The son of Julian Assange's judge is linked to an anti- Most Read of 2020: Man Without A Country - Australian Institute of [bauaw] Bay Area United Against War Newsletter, March 2, 2023. The cookie is set by pubmatic.com for identifying the visitors' website or device from which they visit PubMatic's partners' website. Melzer has said: Mr Assanges continued exposure to severe mental and emotional suffering which, in light of the circumstances, clearly amounts to psychological torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Lady Arbuthnot dismissed the findings of the UN in her 2019 ruling. , an annual forum held for political and corporate leaders in the UK and Spain, is, by the UK Foreign Office as one of its partnerships.