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    Letter to Westminster Court from French group Archived Message

    Posted by margo on December 5, 2019, 4:02 pm, in reply to "Former Australian FM Bob Carr's speech on Assange (video)"

    Assange due to testify via videolink on Dec 20 in Spanish case. Will Belmarsh ensure he's in a fit state to testify in this important case? Will he be 'strip-searched and hotboxed' before it, which causes dehydration, mental confusion and debilitating anxiety - as was done to him in October, by UK officials, as described by his father John Shipton?

    Paris, Le 3 décembre 2019

    Westminster Court
    Her Honour judge Vanessa Baraitser

    181 Marylebone Road
    London
    NW1 5BR

    Prisoner of opinion : Julian Assange (03/07/1971)
    Prison : Belmarsh
    Prisoner Number: A 93 79 AY
    Subject: Request for information on mandate
    representation in the case EAW 131226-10
    European Arrest Warrant File No.
    AM 131226-10 :
    File No. RCJ CO/1925/2011

    Dear Sir or Madam,

    Please find attached a new request for the release of political prisoner Julian Paul Assange concerned the hearings of 13/12/2019, 19/12/2019, 20/12/2019.

    A first request for the release of prisoner Julian Paul Assange was sent to you in November by e-mail and registered mail. It remains unanswered by you.
    This first request was also addressed to all English, Swedish and European parliamentarians, all English, Scottish and Irish judicial institutions, many English and international media. It is open source on all our sites.

    This new request for the release of political prisoner Julian Paul Assange will be sent broadly at first and put in open source on all our sites.
    In addition, a group of personalities from cultural domains (Jacques Audiard, Josiane Balasko, Emir Kusturiza, etc.) and many citizens join us in calling for the immediate release of the political prisoner Julian Paul Assange.
    (Petition of artists and personalities from the world of culture for the immediate release of political prisoner Julian Paul Assange : http://chng.it/nGB5QZDxRX)

    We would also like to draw attention of the court to several points of serious judicial dysfunctions:

    During the hearing on 2019 /18/11, political prisoner Julian Paul Assange was presented to the court by video link while any prisoner has the right to be physically present in the courtroom to defend himself (See text of the law in the request for release and situation report 1). Mr Julian Paul Assange is imprisoned in Belmarsh. Nothing prevents him from being present at each hearing that concern him. By preventing him from doing so, the justice system and the English government are violating the right to defend oneself.

    We therefore ask the English judiciary to kindly physically present the political prisoner Julian Paul Assange at all his hearings, as specified by law, so that he can defend himself in situ.
    During the hearing on 18/11/2019, political prisoner Julian Paul Assange, attending through video-link, gave his identity and date of birth. He then fell asleep. Once again, he showed all the signs of psychological torture and maltreatment of a prisoner held incommunicado in a "dark room".

    We therefore call on the English judiciary to do everything in its power to put an end to his tortured state repeatedly asserted by UN expert Niels Melzer, and to carry out an investigation as it is its duty to determine who practices this torture on its territory. The English judiciary institution is aware that torture is a crime, that nothing justifies it or excuses it.

    During the hearing on 18/11/2019, political prisoner Julian Paul Assange appeared by video-link. This video had no date inserted. This video was not localizable while the other prisoners' videos were. There was no evidence that political prisoner Julian Paul Assange were filmed in Belmash. For all the other prisoners the location is specified in the image whatever the prison. A prison guard accompanies the prisoner.
    We therefore ask the English courts to please explain why the video showing the prisoner Julian Paul Assange is neither dated nor located.
    We therefore ask the English judiciary to please, in the future, clearly locate and date all the videos in which the political prisoner Julian Paul Assange will appear.

    During the hearing on 18/12/2019, political prisoner Julian Paul Assange was filmed "high angle shot" camera while the other prisoners were filmed in "full shot frontal ".

    We ask the English justice system to please explain why the political prisoner Julian Paul Assange is being filmed in Belmarsh the same way as he was being filmed in the rooms of the diplomatic mission of Ecuador and Colombia.
    From this day forward, we ask the English justice system to kindly film the political prisoner Julian Paul Assange as are the other prisoners in "full frontal shot". Indeed, [this use of strange angle shots] makes it more difficult to identify or characterize a body or a face.

    At the hearing on 18/11/2019, political prisoner Julian Paul Assange seemed to hear nothing and see nothing of what was happening in the courtroom. No questions were asked to him, either by his lawyers or by the judge. However, when the other prisoners appear in the video conference at a hearing, they can intervene and exchange with their lawyers or the court.

    We ask the English judiciary to explain why the political prisoner Julian Paul Assange has no feedback on what is happening at the hearing and has no way of intervening. It is a clear denial of justice.

    We therefore ask the English courts to do their utmost to ensure that prisoner Julian Paul Assange is in direct audio and visual contact when he appears by video conference.

    In addition, witnesses noted that lawyers and judges did not pronounce the word Belmarsh but periphrases to talk about the whereabouts of political prisoner Julian Paul Assange, while for all other prisoners the name of the prison is systematically and clearly pronounced.

    We therefore ask judges and lawyers to kindly name the prison where political prisoner Julian Paul Assange is located exactly as they do in all other proceedings.

    In the political prisoner Julian Paul Assange’s case, where the English government has violated all the laws of international law, precision is essential.

    Since it is impossible for human rights associations such as ours, his friends and supporters to visit the political prisoner Julian Paul Assange in prison, and since he does not seemingly receive our mails, we ask all lawyers, judges and other judicial personnel to commit their honour and their word by using the word "Belmarsh" to name the place of imprisonment of the political prisoner Julian Paul Assange.
    Too many stories have been made up about the political prisoner Julian Paul Assange.
    The English judiciary is aware that in criminal proceedings, precision is essential.

    As the United Kingdom is aware, no political prisoner shall die in prison for torture in a democratic country.

    So how does the United Kingdom imprison political prisoner Julian Paul Assange and allow him to be tortured on its territory?

    Finally, Ms. Emmy Bultlin, known as GreekEmmy on social networks, manages public access during the hearings of political prisoner Julian Paul Assange. She places people at strategic points in the room to keep places for individuals she calls "officials". She asks the attending people to provide their contact details and the reasons for their presence. Because of her actions, two delegates from our association who arrived early among the first persons, could not attend the hearing.
    A court is not a theatre where people are placed. The hearings are public and one sits in the room in the order of arrival in front of the entrance.
    We therefore ask the English courts to clarify the position held by Mrs Emmy Butlin in the Westminster Court.
    If Ms. Butlin is not a staff member of the Westminster Court, we ask the English courts to please inform her to behave as a normal citizen and to respect ruling in this public place.

    We hope that political prisoner Julian Paul Assange will be released at the next hearing in accordance with the international human rights texts in force. (See Release Request and Situation report 1)

    Sincerely
    For WikiJustice Julian Assange
    Véronique Pidancet Barrière
    President

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