The Trial of Julian Assange Archived Message Posted by scrabb on July 8, 2023, 5:05 pm A summing up towards the end of the book by Nils Melzer: Will the British High Court of Justice live up to its honourable name, function and reputation? Will the judges have the personal courage and professional integrity to call the bluff of the US government's assurances and reject their appeal? Will they call out the British authorities for their corrupt persecution of Assange and overturn Baraitser's unsustainable judicial precedent? Or will they choose the path of least resistance and allow themselves to be instrumentalized? Will they engage in wilful blindness, self-deception and judicial contortion, and either allow the extradition to go forward or perpetuate Assange's arbitrary detention in Belmarsh by sending the case back to the Magistrate's Court for retrial? While it is difficult to predict the exact evolution of these proceedings in the coming months and potentially even years, from a legal perspective they have long become a travesty of justice whose sole purpose is to silence Assange and to intimidate journalists and the broader public worldwide. [I think we all know the answers to these questions. Unfortunately.] Message Thread: The Trial of Julian Assange - scrabb July 8, 2023, 5:05 pm Re: The Trial of Julian Assange - Dovetail Joint July 8, 2023, 5:52 pm Very true DJ. Well put .. - t July 8, 2023, 10:21 pm   Searching