TARIQ ALI: Julian exposed another set of wars. We’ll spend the rest of the hour airing excerpts from the Belmarsh Tribunal, beginning with the British writer Tariq Ali, who served on the Russell War Crimes Tribunal in the ’60s. The people’s tribunal is modeled on the Russell War Crimes Tribunal, which was formed in 1966 by Bertrand Russell and Jean-Paul Sartre and others to investigate U.S. On Friday, the Progressive International convened a gathering of the Belmarsh Tribunal, which is named after the prison where Assange is being held. Assange has been jailed in England for two-and-a-half years prior to that, spent over seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy, where he had political asylum. under the Espionage Act for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. He faces up to 175 years in prison in the U.S. In January, a British judge blocked Assange’s extradition to the U.S., but the U.S. The imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is going to be back in a London court for an extradition hearing Wednesday. He should be released.” We also hear from Srećko Horvat, philosopher and Belmarsh Tribunal chair Ewen MacAskill, former Guardian journalist and Stella Morris, partner of Julian Assange.ĪMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman. He should not be in prison now awaiting a trial for extradition.
“He should never have been kept in prison for bail. “Julian, far from being indicted, should actually be a hero,” said Ali. We feature speakers from the tribunal, including writer Tariq Ali, Afghan political activist Selay Ghaffar, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and former Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn. Though a British judge blocked his extradition in January, the U.S. Assange faces up to 175 years in prison in the U.S.
war crimes and demanded Assange’s freedom. The mock trial highlighted major WikiLeaks revelations of U.S. As jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces an extradition hearing Wednesday in London, supporters gathered Friday for the Belmarsh Tribunal, named for the Belmarsh maximum security prison where Assange is being held.
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