This cookie is used for the implementation of the news content from other sites. She then peered at both barristers in the hope this would have sat them down, but both were still on their feet. The land registry states that the Higham address is part of the Dalham Estate in Newmarket, and is owned by, , a vehicle incorporated in Guernsey with a PO Box address. "[8], By using the Wikispooks.com servers, you agree to its use of cookies, Document:Craig Murrays jailing is the latest move in a battle to snuff out independent journalism, Document:Eye Witness to the Agony of Julian Assange, Document:FBI Fabrication Against Assange Falls Apart, Document:The Armoured Glass Box is an Instrument of Torture, Document:Your Man in the Public Gallery Assange Hearing Day 2, Document:Your Man in the Public Gallery: the Assange Hearing Day 6, "Julian Assange extradition judge refuses request for delay", "The fluidity in which Judge #VanessaBaraitser delivered her ruling concerning the identity of #Assange's partner and children is almost as she had already had given it thought and written her ruling yesterday in her north London mansion, with a glass of white wine. I just got back from the Lincoln County courthouse. Liz Truss, then Justice Secretary, advised the Queen to appoint Lady Arbuthnot in October 2016. The pure political offence and the relative political offence. People should be writing Lady Arbuthnot telling her that she is exposed, that she will be held accountable if anything happens to Julian and that she must remove Judge Baraitser immediately for her perpetual violations of British law. that the costs of his attending his first forum in 2000 were partly met by a grant from the Foreign Office. Mr Assange, 50, married Stella Moris on Wednesday in Belmarsh prison, where he has been held since 2019. The Respondents are the Government of the United States and the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Priti Patel. A list of all the extradition cases District Judge Vanessa Baraitser has ruled on that are publicly available. This cookie is set by Addthis to make sure you see the updated count if you share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. This collected information is used to sort out the users based on demographics and geographical locations inorder to serve them with relevant online advertising. Click here to see other benefits and to sign-up to our reader community supporting quality, independent journalism. "He's the most amazing person.". By contrast, Nick Boles MP. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. The only picture we have of Judge Baraitser herself is of her bum getting on a bike after the day's proceedings. hXXps://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5ca6e7d12c94e01e252696b6. I found the prosecutions appeal, which includes the crimes allegedly committed by the defendant. From 2013-16, the address changed to a house in Higham, a small village with 140 people, also in Suffolk. "When he spoke truth and when his barrister spoke, Baraitser contrived boredom; when the prosecuting barrister spoke, she was attentive. Fortunately, these are basically fairly simple to summarise, because although we had five hours of legal disquisition, it largely consisted of both sides competing in citing scores of 'authorities', e.g. He denies any wrongdoing. A 'pure' political offence was defined as treason, espionage or sedition. The information officer also noted that it holds all the information you have requested rather than some in the case of Baraitser. There were reasons, however, to be suspicious of what Baraitser was really up to even as she made her ruling in Assange's favor. In the High Court prisoners frequently sat with their lawyers in extradition hearings, in extreme cases of violent criminals handcuffed to a security officer. In a Jan. 4 ruling, the judge, Vanessa Baraitser, said, "I find that the mental condition of Mr. Assange is such that it would be oppressive to extradite him to the United States of America.". The expenses were covered by an organisation called Tertulias, chaired by Lady Arbuthnots husband Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom, a former Conservative defence minister with extensive links to the British military and intelligence community exposed by WikiLeaks. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. The extradition judge, Vanessa Baraitser, will take only written arguments on November 16. A British barrister, who wished to remain anonymous, but who is not involved with the Assange case, toldDeclassified: The resistance to disclosure here is curious. It has now been moved back to the Old Bailey, the central criminal court of England and Wales. Baraitser replied that releasing Assange from the dock into the body of the court would mean he was released from custody. Liz Truss was in Bilbao for three days and accrued expenses of 1,235.48 paid by Tertulias. It allows the website owner to implement or change the website's content in real-time. . Mr Assange is in prison while US authorities seek to extradite him to face trial on espionage charges. The information was then published on the Wikileaks website. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". forum, in November 2014, Lady Arbuthnot went on another trip with her husband, this time to Istanbul for the British-Turkish. It reminded me of a newsreel of a show trial in Stalin's Moscow; the difference was that Soviet show trials were broadcast. 2023 BBC. Then foreign minister Tobias Ellwood spoke at the forum while former foreign secretary Jack Straw, who is a co-chair of Tatlidil, presided over one of the discussions. It is obviously a stitch-up under the aegis of yankee authorities. 4 January 2021:Westminster Magistrates Court discharges (throws out) the U.S. extradition request against Julian Assange. Lord Arbuthnot was from 2016-17 a director of SC Strategy, a consultancy created by Sir John Scarlett, the former head of MI6 who had been behind the dodgy dossier used by Tony Blair to push for war with Iraq. She told Declassified that Tertulias is independent but works closely with the Foreign Office. The appeal will challenge the 2021 decision of District Judge Vanessa Baraitser who said that Assange could be extradited to the US but barred it on mental health grounds, agreeing that he could self-harm if sent to face trial. Yesterday, she said, a photo had been taken inside the courtroom. A Google search lists more extradition requests that Baraitser did not grant. In a keyjudgmentin February 2018, Arbuthnot rejected the findings of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention a body composed of international legal experts that Assange was beingarbitrarily detained, characterised Assanges stay in the embassy as voluntary and concluded Assanges health and mental state was of minor importance. Here, the state broadcaster, the BBC, blacked it out, as did the other mainstream channels. but we are not going to force you to. In the meantime, it's our responsibility to fight in ways we know but which now require more than a modicum of Julian Assange's courage."[4]. The Home Office replied: We neither confirm nor deny whether we hold any information, within the scope of your request. It added that the reason was to protect personal data. Follow Declassified on twitter at @DeclassifiedUK. A request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was sent by, A British barrister, who wished to remain anonymous, but who is not involved with the Assange case, told. Liz Truss, Lady Arbuthnot, Lord Arbuthnot, and the Foreign Office, did not respond to requests for comment. [1] "The judge watched this outrage without a comment. UK MSM is corrupt; The Respondents are the Government of the United States and the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Priti Patel. They threw confetti and shouted "congratulations" and "free Julian Assange". LONDON -- A British judge on Monday rejected the United States' request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges over the publication of secret U.S. documents a. But, dont put a finger in the eye of the rest of the planet and expect to be applauded for your virtuous rigor on the world stage. At the time Lady Arbuthnot was deputy senior district judge. There is no default anonymity of the names of cases, unless children are involved or other certain limited circumstances, nor the judges who rule on them. !What Justice ? Lady Arbuthnot in October 2016. Baraitser has been criticised for a number of her judgments so far concerning Assange, who has been incarcerated in a maximum security prison, HMP Belmarsh in London, since April 2019. District judge Vanessa Baraitser rules that extradition is barred under the 2003 Extradition Act because it is opressive (s.91). A court acts in public. She also joined a group of Conservative MPs on a trip to Berlin in 2011 and attended in 2019 the annual forum of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a highly secretive meeting organised by the most influential neoconservative think tank in Washington populated by senior US military and intelligence officials. Lady Arbuthnot also benefited financially from another trip with her husband in 2014, this time to Istanbul for the British-Turkish Tatlidil, a forum established by the UK and Turkish governments for high level individuals involved in politics and business. Their rule of law is mere window dressing that is being made up as they go along. Lady Arbuthnot made her most recent ruling on Assange in June 2019. The information is used for determining when and how often users will see a certain banner. So we used Westlaw + Factiva to construct her extradition case list pic.twitter.com/ViCuMHhe6i Matt Kennard (@kennardmatt) January 3, 2021 The chief magistrate, however, is aware of the judicial conduct guidance that advises on avoiding the perception of bias and is not hearing the case. Lord Arbuthnot described the purpose of the visit as to promote and further bilateral relations between Britain and Turkey at a high level. ;-). Be the first to read it by signing up to our free First Thing newsletter. Although having attended the annual event regularly since 2000, this was the first time Lord Arbuthnot recorded in his parliamentary register of interests the attendance of his wife. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser who gave Assange a court victory earlier this week by rejecting the U.S. extradition request ruled that Assange must be held in custody while the U.S.. "On return, Edward Fitzgerald made a formal application for Julian to be allowed to sit beside his lawyers in the court. Britains former ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley. The chief magistrate has aleadership responsibilityfor the roughly 300 district and deputy judges across England and Wales. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser who is still overseen by Lady Arbuthnot will rule on the extradition proceedings which begin on 25 February. Who will dare publish 'Collateral Murder'? There is no Justice in Britain since the Tories and New Labour destroyed not only the NHS but the state. ", "Assange case judge Vanessa Baraitser has been discovered singing in this old high school musical", "Your Man in the Public Gallery The Assange Hearing Day 3", https://wikispooks.com/w/index.php?title=Vanessa_Baraitser&oldid=185729, Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows, If the authorities now refuse to allow him out on bail during the, Nobody cultivates her own anonymity more than Magistrate, I think there is a corner of the mind of this.