Eye-witness testimony from within court the day Assange was sentenced to a year in Belmarsh (video) Archived Message
Posted by margo on August 23, 2019, 6:51 pm, in reply to "Guardian trying to make up for lost time, now they realise their complicity in hounding Assange?"
Inconsistencies in court transcript Judge read a pre-written script during a 15-minute court case and then imposed the fullest extent of punishment for bail (one year) based on that script which included the absolutely incorrect statement that Assange had been "charged" in Sweden. Usually bail cases can get a two or four-week sentence or a fine. Emmy Butlin (who runs up WiseupAction and has spoken out for Assange for years) comes across as an accurate witness and observer. I think her assessment here - and her commentary on media and judicial bias - is spot on. Beyond belief that a member of the UK judiciary (Judge Taylor) says Assange was "charged" by Sweden, in court, on the day he was renditioned out of the Ecuador Embassy. Assange corrected her twice in court.She was forced to admit he was correct. Yet the punishment meted out seemed to be allied with the more serious term "charged". Now the official court transcript has come out and Assange's correction is not mentioned, just blanked out and papered over. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=558&v=VCaO2OYAXL0
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- Re: Guardian trying to make up for lost time, now they realise their complicity in hounding Assange? - margo August 23, 2019, 6:09 pm
- Eye-witness testimony from within court the day Assange was sentenced to a year in Belmarsh (video) - margo August 23, 2019, 6:51 pm
- Re: Guardian trying to make up for lost time, now they realise their complicity in hounding Assange? - Shyaku August 25, 2019, 12:22 am
- Good on you, Shyaku. nm - brooks August 25, 2019, 1:10 am
- Heartening, thanks! Raising awareness is a one-directional trajectory: once people 'see' ... - margo August 25, 2019, 8:22 am
- Good....nm - Keith-264 August 25, 2019, 7:14 pm
- I was amazed that people who are probably so burdened with basic survival ... - Shyaku August 26, 2019, 1:26 am
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