Unprecedented. She added "I therefore order the extradition to France of Alexandre Djouhri". The U.S. government plans to appeal the decision within the next two weeks. "We now come to the consideration of yesterdays legal arguments on the extradition request itself. for supporting and guiding the junior judges in her jurisdiction. 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. According to a statement given to, In a second ruling a week later, Arbuthnot, In May 2019, soon after Assange was seized from his asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy by British police, the U.S. government requested his extradition on charges that could see him imprisoned for. hXXps://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5ca6e7d12c94e01e252696b6. had been managed by the same person living at the addresses given by parliamentarians. The Respondents are the Government of the United States and the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Priti Patel. Since the last ruling, overwhelming evidence has emerged proving that the United States prosecution against my husband is a criminal abuse. 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. Used by sites written in JSP. The extradition judge, Vanessa Baraitser, will take only written arguments on November 16. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. She started to resemble something worse than a Dalek, a particularly stupid local government officer of a very low grade. 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 . Lord Arbuthnot described the purpose of the visit as to promote and further bilateral relations between Britain and Turkey at a high level. It is all about the power of Empire. The purpose of the cookie is to collect statistical information in an anonymous form about the visitors of the website. PS: why the Arbuthnots are so exceptionally ugly? Julian Assange could be a free man as early as Wednesday after a British judge ruled that he cannot be extradited to the . Brainwashing by the media, deference to authority and poor and biased education is mainly to blame. Just another license to kill. Tomorrow, District Judge Vanessa Baraister will rule on Assange's US extradition. British district judge Vanessa Baraitser delivered her ruling at London's Central Criminal Court, known as the Old Bailey. Video, Russian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims, US-made cheese can be called 'gruyere' - court, AOC under investigation for Met Gala dress, The children left behind in Cuba's exodus, Nelson's 97th-minute stunner gives Arsenal victory, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61, Alex Murdaugh's legal troubles are far from over, Walkie Talkie architect Rafael Violy dies aged 78. 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 judiciary spokesman has said, There has been no bias demonstrated by the chief magistrate. . Tatlidil, which means sweet talk in Turkish, was established in 2011 by then prime minister David Cameron and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoan. 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. The learned lady can reject the extradition, or keep looking over her shoulder for the rest of her miserable life. A court acts in public. Two years before, Truss who is now Trade Secretary and Lady Arbuthnot both attended an off-the-record two-day meeting in Bilbao, Spain. This cookie is used to collect user information such as what pages have been viewed on the website for creating profiles. [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". was irregular, dismissing Assanges fears of US extradition and the findings of the UN. Mr Assange faces an 18-count indictment from the US government, which accuses him of conspiring to hack into military databases to acquire sensitive information relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The extradition request and its surrounding circumstances constitute an abuse of process. "Opening his argument, Edward Fitzgerald QC argued that the Extradition Act of 2003 alone is not enough to make an actual extradition. 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. Despite the HM Courts and Tribunals Service invoking a data protection clause,Declassifiedwas able to view a host of cases with full names and details in Westlaw, a paid-for legal database. Lady Arbuthnot is also likely to have approved of Baraitsers appointment to hear the Assange case. The High Court rejects the United States Governments arguments that the district judge erred in her findings. Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser had just made a ruling that the names of Julian Assange's partner and young children could be published, which she stated was in the interests of "open justice." I mean Baraitser, not Arbuthnot. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. The extradition request and its surrounding circumstances constitute an abuse of process. Access denied, adjournment denied, exposition of defence evidence denied, removal of superseding indictment charges denied. The cookie is set by CasaleMedia. People should be writing Lady Arbuthnot telling her that she is exposed, that she will be held accountable if anything happens to Julian and that she must remove Judge Baraitser immediately for her perpetual violations of British law. Heres another extradition case Baraitser discharged. The scale of obvious bribery to Arbuthnot, Baraitser, all officers in UK that did lap dog duty outside Embassy I can hardly fathom. 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. Lord Arbuthnot recorded that the costs of his attending his first forum in 2000 were partly met by a grant from the Foreign Office. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. At conservative gathering, Trump is still the favourite. "Fitzgerald then continued to say that international jurisprudence had accepted for a century or more that you did not extradite political offenders. All of the information is exempt from disclosure under section 32 of the FOIA because it is held in a court record., It added that: Section 32 is an absolute exemption and there is no duty to consider the public interest in disclosure.. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. to the register of interests, the address is given by MPs as simply private. Amnesty is on board and mainstream media is showing signs of deep instability regarding Assange. Address for Lady Emma Arbuthnot Sr. Chief Magistrates Office 181 Marylebone Road London NW 1 5BR DX 13551, Marylebone 9. She then routinely ignores his response. "Having ignored Julian's barrister's factual description of how the CIA had run a Spanish security firm that spied on him in the Ecuadorean embassy, she didn't yawn, but her disinterest was as expressive. He denies any wrongdoing. The High Court rejects the United States Governments arguments that the district judge erred in her findings. Lady Arbuthnot in October 2016. 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. The Assange case continues to set a legal precedent in being mired in opacity and conflicts of interest. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser who is still overseen by Lady Arbuthnot will rule on the extradition proceedings which begin on 25 February. Be the first to read it by signing up to our free First Thing newsletter. This judge, Vanessa Baraitser - actually she isn't a judge at all; she's a magistrate - shocked all of us who were there. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. The war profiteers (and judge Emmas pet Baraitser) can not wait to see Assange dead, and they have no sympathy for Ms. Morris and her two small children fathered by Assange. 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. This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The. Brits, judges included, are still just lap dogs for America. It is obviously a stitch-up under the aegis of yankee authorities. Liz Truss was in Bilbao for three days and accrued, . If our countries survive with a legal system intact (debatable in US with BLM and Defund Police)- how can they claim hegemony when challenged by China if they are in violation of their own laws in such a publicly blatant way? was openly set up by the UK government, but, is also closely linked to the Foreign Office, which. On this occasion, the request was not blocked. Assanges lawyers had applied to have his British arrest warrant withdrawn. ", "The judge#VanessaBaraitser cycles home after court! "Fitzgerald stated that all major authorities agreed there were two types of political offence. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". The chief magistrates role includes supporting and guiding district judge colleagues, including Vanessa Baraitser, who ruled on the case in 2019. 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. for the purpose of better understanding user preferences for targeted advertisments. When asked about the organisations funders or any personnel involved, including its current parliamentary chair, information was refused. Baraitser has also ruled that Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange is to remain in prison when his jail term ends because of his "history of absconding". If convicted on all charges, Assange would have faced a maximum of 175 years in prison, according to The New York Times. She said that his lawyer had declined to make an application for bail on his behalf, adding "perhaps not surprisingly in light of your history of absconding in these proceedings". Follow Declassified on twitter at @DeclassifiedUK. 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. Ms Moris, a 38-year-old lawyer, was greeted by a crowd of supporters as she left the ceremony in south-east London. ", "Did this happen in the home of Magna Carta? Mr Assange is in prison while US authorities seek to extradite him to face trial on espionage charges. Vanessa Baraitser serves as a District Judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court where, on 21 October 2019, she refused to extend Julian Assange's UK extradition proceedings, telling Assange his full extradition case would begin on 24 February 2020.[1]. (Photo: Instagram). Both children attended the ceremony on Wednesday, along with Mr Assange's father and brother. Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. 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. Mr Assange's case will now go back to District Judge Vanessa Baraitser, the original judge who. The shameful behavior of The Mighty Wurlitzer exposes them as nothing more than shills for Empire duping the masses on a daily basis. It does not store any personal data. Foreign Office partner organisation Tertulias also paid for Lady Arbuthnot Julian Assanges senior judge to attend this event. And his behaviour is that of a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interests, Snow told the court. This page was last edited on 10 April 2020, at 18:40. Indeed the average proprietor of a rural car wash has left more evidence of their existence and life history on the internet than Vanessa Baraitser. Assanges lawyers had applied to have his British arrest warrant withdrawn. And in July 2019, newly elected Prime Minister Johnson appointed Patel as Home Secretary. Prisoners, even the most dangerous of terrorists, gave evidence from the witness box in the body of the court nest to the lawyers and magistrate. 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. The punk was arrested Nov. 12, 2022, and he is still in county jail, on $750K bail. In a Monday decision published online, judge Vanessa Baraitser said that while she has "no reason to doubt" that he would receive a fair trial, "it would be oppressive to extradite him" to the U.S . In May 2019, soon after Assange was seized from his asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy by British police, the U.S. government requested his extradition on charges that could see him imprisoned for175 years. Then foreign minister Tobias Ellwood spoke at the forum while former foreign secretary Jack Straw, who is a co-chair of Tatlidil, presided over one of the discussions. 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. Declassifiedclarified that it wanted the list to include the date, the defendant, the charge and the judges decision. Despite the HM Courts and Tribunals Service invoking a data protection clause. Theres surely something you could help with, right? WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange, will not be extradited to the US, after a UK court deemed him at risk of suicide and self-harm. (and your PS was spot-on! If you asked me to sum up today in a word, that word would undoubtedly be railroaded. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. They tweet at @DCKennard and @markcurtis30. A judiciary spokesman has. The purpose of the cookie is currently not identified. I dont care about who rules the world nonsense. The funders of Tertulias and Tatlidil are not known. 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. James Arbuthnot is the chairman of the advisory board of the UK division of multinational defence and security systems manufacturer Thales. Matt Kennard is head of investigations and Mark Curtis editor, of. The pure political offence and the relative political offence. 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 . So we used Westlaw + Factiva to construct her extradition case list pic.twitter.com/ViCuMHhe6i Matt Kennard (@kennardmatt) January 3, 2021 Justice ! by Lord Arbuthnot as bringing MPs, business people, academics and artists together to discuss topical issues is not clear. Labour minister Peter Mandelson, forum following official advice from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office., attended by Truss and the Arbuthnots, a Spanish banker was.