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15/. #BREAKING: #JulianAssange’s Defence team have lodged a bail application to see if #Assange can now be released on bail
The judge won’t rule on bail today but @CraigMurrayOrg says it should happen v soon
“There’s a good chance we should have him walking among us this week.”pic.twitter.com/sERz7ZwKVY
16/. “We welcome the decision not to extradite #JulianAssange on the grounds of his serious mental health condition, but we have serious concerns about the substance of the judgment.” @RSF_en’s @rebecca_vincent steps out of court to update us on what happens next with #Assange.pic.twitter.com/bNTcXN8ymh
17/. “We welcome the fact that #JulianAssange will not be sent to the USA & that the acknowledged that due to his health, he’d be at risk of ill-treatment in the US. But the charges against him should never have been brought in the first place.” @amnestyhttps://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/01/uk-assange-extradition-decision-welcome-but-exposes-politically-motivated-process/ …
18/. “The fact that the ruling is correct & saves #Assange from extradition, doesn’t absolve the UK from having engaged in this politically-motivated process at the behest of the US & putting media freedom & freedom of expression on trial” @amnesty’s Nils Muižnieks #JulianAssangepic.twitter.com/moNQLtnAmG
19/. “Julians freedoms are tied to all our freedoms, and those freedoms are lost in the blink of an eye.”
#JulianAssange’s partner, @StellaMoris1, addresses the media after #Assange’s extradition verdict.pic.twitter.com/QTv98iscjd
20/. #JulianAssage’s defence team will lodge an appeal on Wednesday
Journalists & jubilant crowd are now starting to disperse
Julian #Assange has been taken back to Belmarsh high security prison
(N.B. Footage above
was filmed wearing a mask & observing social distancing).pic.twitter.com/UjJexf1ze6
21/. “Amnesty International has long criticised the US penal system as a source of ill-treatment.”
Nils Muiznieks, @amnesty’s Europe Director, on today’s very welcome decision not to extradite #Assange to the US. #JulianAssange #DontExtraditeAssangepic.twitter.com/hRvQJNKVcG
22/. For a detailed analysis of the #AssangeCase judgment & the next steps in the campaign, see this discussion with with @rebecca_vincent (@RSF_inter), @khrafnsson (@wikileaks) & @CraigMurrayOrg convened by @DEAcampaign
Sadly, I wasn't able to attend https://youtu.be/ohjAK-Rk2zU pic.twitter.com/BnnEwjIjre
23/. "We'll give him protection"
Mexico's President, Andrés Obrador, offers political asylum to #JulianAssange
In 2014, @snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia for one year
Three months ago, he was granted unlimited permanent Russian residency.https://twitter.com/Rodpac/status/1346115272802004992 …
24/. “Given the gravity of this case & its importance to press freedom, it’s scandalous - yet revealing - how little attention US media paid to it, barely covering the proceedings” @ggreenwald
Since you may struggle to this in MSM, see @RSF_en’s analysishttps://rsf.org/en/reports/uk-court-blocks-us-attempt-extradite-julian-assange-leaves-public-interest-reporting-risk …
25/. US govt’s pursuit of #Assange is nothing short of a full-scale assault on the right to freedom of expression
It is an attack on journalists who expose official wrongdoing by publishing info disclosed by credible sources
And it is an attack on us allhttps://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/assange-extradition-hearings-amnesty-1532990%3famp=1 …
Great work Stefan and @rebecca_vincent . Thanks for the excellent coverage. Mainstream media here in Australia still largely silent.
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